§ 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 the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to
§ 39-27-5. No bottle-type water dispenser, commercial hot food holding cabinet, metal-halide
lamp fixture, single-voltage external AC to DC power supply, state-regulated incandescent
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§ 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 the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to
§ 39-27-5. No bottle-type water dispenser, commercial hot food holding cabinet, metal-halide
lamp fixture, single-voltage external AC to DC power supply, state-regulated incandescent
reflector lamp, or walk-in refrigerator or walk-in freezer manufactured on or after
January 1, 2008, may be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency
of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations
adopted pursuant to § 39-27-5. No new automatic commercial icemaker, commercial refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer,
or freezer or large packaged air-conditioning equipment manufactured on or after January
1, 2010, may be sold or offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency of the
new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations
adopted pursuant to § 39-27-5.
(b) No later than six (6) months after the effective date of this chapter, the chief of
energy and community services, in consultation with the attorney general, shall determine
if implementation of state standards for residential furnaces and residential boilers
requires a waiver from federal preemption. If the chief of energy and community services
determines that a waiver from federal preemption is not needed, then no new residential
furnace or residential boiler manufactured on or after January 1, 2008, or the date
that is one year after the date of the determination, if later, may be sold or offered
for sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the
efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to § 39-27-5. If the chief of energy and community services determines that a waiver from federal
preemption is required, then the chief of energy and community services shall apply
for the waiver within one year of the determination and upon approval of such waiver
application, the applicable state standards shall go into effect at the earliest date
permitted by federal law.
(c) One year after the date upon which sale or offering for sale of certain products is
limited pursuant to this section, no new products may be installed for compensation
in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency
standards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to § 39-27-5.