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History
- Signed chap.222
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.491
- Substituted for A10881
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–5
- Ordered to third reading cal.1116
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Relates to appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S8070
Title of bill
An act to amend the energy law, in relation to appliance and equipment energy efficiency standards for portable light fixtures, bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable electric spas and residential pool pumps
Purpose
This legislation would authorize the Secretary of State, in consultation with the President of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), to establish energy efficiency performance standards for portable light fixtures, bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable electric spas, and residential pool pumps.
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Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill would amend Energy Law § 16-102 by adding seven new subdivisions, 4-a, 6-a, 21-a, 21-b, 27-a, 27-b and 29-a, to provide definitions for bottle type water dispenser, commercial hot food holding cabinet, lamp, light fixture, portable electric spa, portable light fixture, and residential pool pump, respectively.
Section 2 of the bill would amend Energy Law § 16-104(1) by adding portable light fixtures, bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable electric spas, and residential pool pumps, to the list of appliances subject to testing, certification and enforcement of efficiency standards by the Department of State.
Section 3 of the bill would amend Energy Law § 16-106(2) by adding a new paragraph (c) setting a December 31,2010 deadline by which the Secretary of State, in consultation with the President of NYSERDA, must adopt energy efficiency standards and testing and certification procedures applicable to portable light fixtures, bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable electric spas, and residential pool pumps.
Section 4 of the bill would provide for an immediate effective date.
Existing law
Chapter 431 of the Laws of 2005 amended the Energy Law by adding a new Article 16, authorizing the Secretary of State, in consultation with the President of NYSERDA, to develop and enforce energy efficiency performance standards for certain consumer products sold, offered for sale, or installed in New York State.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Statement in support
Energy efficiency is a core component of the State's 45 by 15 clean energy goal, established by Governor Paterson in 2009, to have 45 percent of the State's electricity needs met with clean energy by 2015. Promoting energy efficiency, including the energy efficiency of consumer products, reduces electricity consumption which has been shown to put downward pressure on wholesale electricity rates and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
The 2009 State Energy Plan (Energy Plan), identified energy efficiency as the most cost effective way to meet the State's energy objectives of maintaining reliability, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, stabilizing energy costs, reducing the public health and environmental impacts of energy use, and improving the State's energy security. The Energy Plan concludes that electricity use could be reduced through promulgation and enforcement of energy efficiency performance standards for additional consumer products, including general product categories that are not currently covered by existing federal standards or State law, such as bottled water dispensers, hot tubs, and swimming pool pumps.
The Energy Plan states that implementation and enforcement of new energy efficiency performance standards at both the federal and state level could produce savings of approximately 7.2 Gigawatt hours of electricity annually in the State. The more efficient that consumer products are, the less electricity they use, which means less demand for the electrical output of electric generating facilities that bum fossil fuels and emit greenhouse gases. Moreover, consumer products that consume less electricity help individual consumers save money on their electric bills by lowering their overall demand for electricity.
This bill would incorporate the consumer products listed above into Article 16 and authorize the Secretary of State, in consultation with the President of NYSERDA, to promulgate and enforce energy efficiency performance standards for portable light fixtures, bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food holding cabinets, portable electric spas and residential pool pumps. Incorporating these consumer products into Article 16 of the Energy Law will allow New York to move one step closer to achieving its stated energy goal of meeting 15 percent of its electricity needs through energy efficiency.
Budget implications
None. The minimal costs associated with the adoption of several additional standards will be covered through existing resources.
Effective date
This bill would take effect immediately.
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