§ 39-27-6 - Implementation. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 39-27-6

   § 39-27-6  Implementation. – (a) No new commercial clothes washer, commercial pre-rinse spray valve,high-intensity discharge lamp ballast, illuminated exit sign, low voltagedry-type distribution transformer, torchiere, traffic signal module, or unitheater after January 1, 2007 may be sold or offered for sale in the stateunless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiencystandards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to § 39-27-5. Nobottle-type-water dispenser, commercial hot food holding cabinet, metal halidelamp fixture, single voltage external AC to DC power supply, state regulatedincandescent reflector lamp, or walk-in refrigerator or walk-in freezermanufactured on or after January 1, 2008 may be sold or offered for sale in thestate unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiencystandards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to § 39-27-5. Nonew automatic commercial icemaker, commercial refrigerator,refrigerator-freezer, or freezer or large packaged air conditioning equipmentmanufactured on or after January 1, 2010 may be sold or offered for sale in thestate unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiencystandards set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to § 39-27-5.

   (b) No later than six (6) months after the effective date ofthis chapter, the chief of energy and community services, in consultation withthe attorney general, shall determine if implementation of state standards forresidential furnaces and residential boilers require a waiver from federalpreemption. If the chief of energy and community services determines that awaiver from federal preemption is not needed, then no new residential furnaceor residential boiler manufactured on or after January 1, 2008, or the datewhich is one year after the date of said determination, if later, may be soldor offered for sale in the state unless the efficiency of the new product meetsor exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the regulations adoptedpursuant to § 39-27-5. If the chief of energy and community servicesdetermines that a waiver from federal preemption is required, then the chief ofenergy and community services shall apply for such waiver within one year ofsuch determination and upon approval of such waiver application, the applicablestate standards shall go into effect at the earliest date permitted by federallaw.

   (c) One year after the date upon which sale or offering forsale of certain products is limited pursuant to this section, no new productsmay be installed for compensation in the state unless the efficiency of the newproduct meets or exceeds the efficiency standards set forth in the regulationsadopted pursuant to § 39-27-5.