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.

Please note that the CURRENT REGULATIONS are available from the main section page and supercede any of the regs listed below.

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	2007 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: CEC-400-2007-016, October 2007 (Acrobat PDF file, 194 pages, 1.3 megabytes). The 2007 regulations were adopted by the California Energy Commission on June 20, 2007, and approved by the California Office of Administrative Law on September 17, 2007. They were superceded by Revised Regulations that were effective December 29, 2007.
	2006 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: CEC-400-2006-002-REV2, Dec 2006 (Acrobat PDF file, 194 pages, 641 kilobytes). The 2006 regulations were adopted by the Energy Commission on October 11, 2006, and approved by the California Office of Administrative Law on December 14, 2006.
	2005 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: CEC-400-2005-012 (Acrobat PDF file, 167 pages, 1.3 megabytes). The 2005 regulations were adopted by the Energy Commission on April 13, 2005.
	2003 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: P400-03-016 (Acrobat PDF file, 152 pages, 836 kilobytes). The 2003 regulations were effective April 1, 2003.
	2002 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: P400-02-021F (Acrobat PDF file, 151 pages, 530 kilobytes). The 2006 regulations were effective November 22, 2002.