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This bill requires a study on energy efficiency standards for consumer audio and video products before regulations are established.
Why it matters
Requires a comprehensive study before setting standards for consumer audio and video products. , ensuring that regulations are based on data about electricity usage, cost, innovation, product features, and environmental/consumer benefits rather than being enacted automatically.
Delays immediate regulation. , potentially giving manufacturers and consumers more time to adapt to future standards and ensuring that any future requirements are practical, justified, and not overly burdensome.
Signals that New York may set its own standards. for these products if the study finds benefits and no strong drawbacks, potentially influencing manufacturers to improve efficiency even before federal action and impacting product availability or features in the state.
Includes a structured process for public accountability and industry input. , since the study’s findings and recommendations will likely be scrutinized, debated, and could shape future energy policy for a major class of household electronics.
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Study Energy Rules for Electronics
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History
- Print number 3744a
- Amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Study Energy Use in Electronics
In Assembly Committee · Energy · Sponsor Andrew Hevesi
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3744--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 26, 2017
Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to consumer audio and video products energy efficiency standards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 16-106 of the energy law, as added by chapter 431 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
(a) On or before [June thirtieth, two thousand six] January thirtyfirst, two thousand twenty, the secretary, in consultation with the president, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of this article establishing: (i) energy efficiency performance standards for new products of the types set forth in paragraphs (a) through (n) of subdivision one of section 16-104 of this article, with the exception of such [paragraph] paragraphs (e) (consumer audio and video products) and (g) (incandescent reflector lamps); (ii) procedures for testing the energy efficiency of the products covered by paragraphs (a) through (n) of subdivision one of section 16-104 of this article; (iii) procedures for manufacturers to certify that products covered under this article meet the energy efficiency standards to be promulgated under this article; and (iv) such further matters as are necessary to insure the proper implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this article. With respect to consumer audio and video products, the secretary, in consultation with the president, shall conduct a study to determine whether an energy performance standard for such products should be established, taking into account factors including but not limited to, the potential
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impact on electricity usage, product availability, manufacturing cost, innovation, product convergence, product features and function, and consumer and environmental benefits. Based on the recommendations of such study, the secretary, in consultation with the president, may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of this article establishing energy performance standards for such products on or before January thirty-first, two thousand twenty. With respect to incandescent reflector lamps, included in paragraph (g) of subdivision one of section 16-104 of this article, the secretary, in consultation with the president, shall conduct a study to determine whether an energy efficiency performance standard for such product should be established, taking into account factors including the potential impact on electricity usage, product availability and consumer and environmental benefits. If it is determined based on this study that such a standard would reduce energy use and would not be preempted by the federal law, the secretary, in consultation with the president, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of this article establishing energy performance standards for such product on or before January first, two thousand eight.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that no energy efficiency performance standard shall become effective for a product less than one hundred eighty days after such energy efficiency performance standard shall become final.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the energy law, in relation to consum- er audio and video products energy efficiency standards
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to require a study with respect to energy performance standards for consumer audio and video products.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends the energy law with respect to energy performance standards for consumer audio and video products.
Section 2 of the bill is the effective date.
Justification
This bill would amend a provision of the Energy Law enacted in 2005 relating to the authority of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to develop energy consumption standards for a list of products, including: Televisions, Compact audio products, DVD players, DVD recorders, and Digital television adapters.
The 2005 law required the Department of State to adopt these regulations by June 30, 2006. To date, the regulations have not yet been adopted. Recognizing that there have been developments in these technologies since the enactment of the law, this legislation directs the Department of State, in consultation with NYSERDA, to study and recommend potential energy performance standards and extends the deadline for adopting such standards to on or before January 31, 2020.
Legislative history
2017 - Energy Committee. 2015-16 - S. 3700a - Rules Committee.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on immediately; provided, however, that no energy efficiency performance standard shall become effective for a product less than 180 days after such energy efficiency performance standard shall become final.
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