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| Sec. 2. Rulemaking. By January 1, 2004, the Public Utilities | | Commission shall adopt rules pursuant to the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 35-A, section 3403 that establish the following | | minimum energy efficiency standards. |
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| | | 1. Ceiling fans and ceiling fan light kits must meet the | | Tier 1 criteria of the product specification, Version 1.1, of | | the "Energy Star Program Requirements for Residential Ceiling | | Fans" developed by the United States Environmental Protection | | Agency. |
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| | | 2. Commercial clothes washers must meet the requirements | | shown in Table P-3 of section 1605.3 of the California Code of | | Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: | | Appliance Efficiency Regulations, which took effect November | | 27, 2002. |
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| | | 3. Commercial refrigerators and freezers must meet the | | August 1, 2004 requirements shown in Table A-6 of section | | 1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: | | Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency | | Regulations, which took effect November 27, 2002. |
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| | | 4. Illuminated exit signs must meet the product | | specification, Version 2.0, of the "Energy Star Program | | Requirements for Exit Signs" developed by the United States | | Environmental Protection Agency. |
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| | | 5. Large packaged air-conditioning equipment must meet the | | Tier 2 efficiency levels of the "Minimum Equipment | | Efficiencies for Unitary Commercial Air Conditioners" and | | "Minimum Equipment Efficiencies for Heat Pumps" developed by | | the Consortium for Energy Efficiency, Boston, MA that took | | effect July 1, 2002. |
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| | | 6. Low voltage dry-type distribution transformers must meet | | or exceed the energy efficiency values shown in Table 4-2 of | | National Electrical Manufacturers Association Standard TP-1- | | 2002. For purposes of this subsection, "low-voltage dry-type | | distribution transformer" does not include those types of | | transformers specifically excluded from the definition of | | "low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer" published in | | the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, | | Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations, as | | amended in November 2002. |
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| | | 7. Television set-top boxes must meet the Tier 1 criteria | | of the product specification of the United States | | Environmental Protection Agency's "Energy Star Program | | Requirements for Set-top Boxes" that took effect on January 1, | | 2001. Multifunction devices are exempt from this standard. |
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