§ 39-27-1. General purpose. This chapter establishes energy and consumer savings by setting minimum efficiency standards for certain products sold or installed in the state. History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 136, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 146, § 1.
§ 39-27-2. Findings. The legislature finds that: (a) Efficiency standards for certain products sold or installed in the state assure consumers and businesses that such products meet minimum efficiency performance levels, thus saving money on utility bills. (b) The efficiency standards save energy and thus reduce pollution and other environmental impacts associated with the production, […]
§ 39-27-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Automatic commercial icemaker” means a factory-made assembly that is shipped in one or more packages that consists of a condensing unit and ice-making section operating as an integrated unit, that makes and harvests ice cubes, and that may store and dispense ice. This term includes machines […]
§ 39-27-4. Scope. (a) The provisions of this chapter apply to the following types of new products sold, offered for sale, or installed in the state: (1) Automatic commercial icemakers; (2) Commercial clothes washers; (3) Commercial pre-rinse spray valves; (4) Commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers; (5) High-intensity discharge lamp ballasts; (6) Illuminated exit signs; (7) […]
§ 39-27-5. Efficiency standards. (a) Not later than June 1, 2006, the commission, in consultation with the state building commissioner and the chief of energy and community services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42, establishing minimum efficiency standards for the types of new products set forth in […]
§ 39-27-6. Implementation. (a) No new commercial clothes washer, commercial pre-rinse spray valve, high-intensity discharge lamp ballast, illuminated exit sign, low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer, torchiere, traffic signal module, or unit heater after January 1, 2007, may be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds […]
§ 39-27-7. New and revised standards. The commission may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42, to establish increased efficiency standards for the products listed in § 39-27-4. In considering such amended standards, the commission, in consultation with the chief of energy and community services, shall set efficiency standards […]
§ 39-27-8. Testing, certification, and enforcement. (a) The manufacturers of products covered by the chapter 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. The chief of energy and community services, in consultation with the state building commissioner, shall […]
§ 39-27-9. Severability of provisions. The provisions of this chapter shall be severable and if the application of any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the application of any other clause, […]
