Appliance Efficiency Program

California's Appliance Efficiency Regulations were established in 1976 in response to a legislative mandate to reduce California's energy consumption. The regulations are updated periodically to allow consideration and possible incorporation of new energy efficiency technologies and methods.

CURRENT
APPLIANCE
REGULATIONS

2007 Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Revised)
Effective 12/29/2007.
(PDF, 195 pgs, 1.7 MB)

These regulations were adopted by the Energy Commission on October 10, 2007, and approved by the California Office of Administrative Law on December 3, 2007.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 15, 2008
Efficiency Committee Workshop

Committee Scoping Order
2008 Appliance Rulemaking

NOTE: New Regulations
Go Into Effect
December 29, 2007.
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regulations on the left!

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	2008 Appliance Rulemaking (Docket # 07-AAER-3). To consider changes to the Commission's appliance efficiency regulations (Title 20, Cal. Code Regs., Sections 1601 - 1608).

	2007 Appliance Rulemaking 2 (Docket # 07-AAER-2). Proposed repeal of amendments to the regulations for Digital Television Adaptors.

	Appliance Efficiency Database Database source files containing all appliances certified to the California Energy Commission as meeting the current efficiency standards are available for downloading as Microsoft Excel files. More...

	Certification Forms Forms, instructions, and testing lab information for manufacturers, Third-Party Certifiers, Designation of Approved Industry Certification Programs, and Approval of Trade Association Directories. More...

	Program Background Information More about appliance efficiency, and the appliances databases.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Appliance Efficiency Program
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-25
Sacramento, CA 95814-5512
Telephone: 916-654-4091
E-mail: appliances@energy.state.ca.us

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