Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 810 - Public Utilities Commission › Chapter 50 - Products › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Minimum Efficiency Standards for Certain New Products (810-RICR-50-00-1) › Section 810-RICR-50-00-1.7 - Registration, Certification, and Testing

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The manufacturers
				 of products covered by these Rules shall test samples of their products in
				 accordance with the test procedures adopted pursuant to this chapter or those
				 specified in the State Building Code. Chief of Energy and Community Services, in
				 consultation with the state building chief, shall adopt test procedures for
				 determining the energy efficiency of the products covered in the regulations
				 pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-27-4 if such procedures
				 are not provided for in these regulations pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-27-5 or in
				 the State Building Code.
B. The Chief
				 of Energy and Community Services shall use U.S. Department of Energy approved
				 test methods, or in the absence of such test methods, other appropriate national
				 recognized test methods. The Chief of energy and community services may use
				 updated test methods when new versions of test procedures become available.
				 Following is a chart that describes the required test methods:
C. Test Methods for Appliance Standards
Product
Test Method
Automatic Ice Maker
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute Standard
								810-2003
Bottle-Type Water Dispensers
Test method shall be in accordance with the test
								criteria contained in version 1 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
								"energy Star Program/Requirement for Bottled Water Coolers," except units with an
								integral, automatic timer shall not be tested using Section D, "Timer Usage," of
								the test criteria
Commercial Clothes Washers
Test method shall be test method specified in
								 10 C.F.R. §
																430.23(j) (Appendix J1 to Subpart B of Part 430)
Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinets
Test methods shall be the "idle energy rate-dry test"
								on ASTM F 2140-01, "Standard Test Method for Performance of Hot Food Holding
								Cabinets" published by ASTM International Interior volume and shall be measured
								in accordance with the method shown in the U.S. Commercial Hot Food Holding
								Cabinets as in effect on August 15, 2003
Commercial Pre Rinse Spray Valves
Test method shall be the "Standard Test Method for
								Pre-Rinsed Spray Valves" from the American Society for Testing and Materials
								Standard F2324
Commercial Refrigerators
Test method shall be American Society of Heating,
								Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 117-2002 "Method
								of Testing Closed Refrigerators" (ANSI Approved)
High Intensity Discharge Lamp Ballasts
No test method required as this is a prescriptive
								standard
Illuminated Exit Signs
Test method shall be the method included under
								Version 2.0 of Energy Star program for Exit Signs of the Environmental Protection
								Agency
Large Packaged Air Conditioning Equipment
Test method shall be Air Conditioning and
								Refrigeration Institute Standard 340/ 360-2000 - "Commercial and Industrial
								Unitary Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment" (ANSI Approved)
Low Voltage Dry Type Distribution Transformers
Test method shall be the "Standard Test Method for
								Measuring the Energy Consumption of Distribution Transformers" prescribed by the
								National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA Standard TP- 2-2005)
Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures
No test method required as this is a prescriptive
								standard
Residential Furnaces and Boilers AFUE
Testing method shall be in accordance with the
								federal test method for measuring the energy consumption of furnaces and boilers
								contained in  10 C.F.R. Part 430  Subpart B, Appendix N
Single Voltage External AC to DC Power
								Supplies
Test method shall be the method specified in the U.S.
								Environmental Protection Agency's "Energy Star Program Requirements for Single
								Voltage External Ac-Dc and Ac-Ac Power Supplies" as in effect on January 1, 2005
								EXCEPT products do not have to be tested at 230 volts.
Torchiere Lamps
No test method for fixtures. For bulb, the test
								method shall be Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)LM-45
Traffic Signals
Test method shall be the method described in Energy
								Star Program of the Environmental Protection Agency for traffic signal modules in
								effect as of August 1, 2005.
Unit Heaters
No test method required as this is a prescriptive
								standard
D.
				 Manufacturers of new products covered by regulations adopted pursuant to R.I.
				 Gen. Laws §
										39-27-4, except for single
				 voltage external AC to DC power supplies, high intensity discharge lamp ballasts,
				 walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers, shall certify by means of a
				 certification statement to the Chief of Energy and Community Services or
				 third-party as designated by the Chief of Energy and Community Services in
				 guidelines that such products are in compliance with the provisions of the
				 chapter. Such certifications shall be based on test results. The certification
				 statement requirements shall be set forth in guidelines.
E. The Chief of Energy and Community Services
				 may test products covered by regulations adopted pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws
				 §
										39-27-4. If the products so
				 tested are found not to be in compliance with the minimum efficiency standards
				 established under regulations adopted pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										39-27-5, the
				 Chief of Energy and Community Services shall:
1. charge the manufacturer of such products for
				 the cost of product purchase and testing; and
2. make information available to the public on
				 products found not to be in compliance with the standards.