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California Energy Commission Appliance Efficiency Regulations (CEC)

Applicable Territory: USA
Standard: Efficiency Standard

Pre-empted by the U.S. Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 (H.R.6)

CEC Appliance Efficiency Regulations Rule Making Page
CEC Home Page

The CEC's mandatory efficiency requirements for the use of external power supplies in consumer audio, video equipment, and appliances sold in California went into effect in December of 2004. With continual updates to the regulations, the next taking effect on January 1, 2007, these standards mandate minimum efficiency levels in active and no-load modes and maximum standby requirements.

CEC

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Description

Performance Requirements

Nameplate Power Output (Pno)

No-Load Power

Nameplate Power Output (Pno)

Average Active Efficiency

I

Used if none of the other criteria are met.

 

III

California: CEC Tier 1 standard  January 1, 2007 (mandatory) - Laptop computers, mobile phones, printers, print servers, scanners, PDA, digital cameras.  July 1st, 2007 - Wireline telephones and all other applications

0 to < 10W

10 to 250W

≤0.5W

≤0.75W

0 to 1W

> 1 to 49W

> 49 to 250W

≥0.49 x Pno

≥0.09 x Ln(Pno) + 0.49

>=0.84

IV

California: CEC Tier 2 standard  July 1, 2008 (mandatory)

0 to < 10W

10 to 250W

≤0.5W

≤0.5W

0 to 1W

> 1 to 51W

> 51 to 250W

≥0.5 x Pno
≥0.09 x Ln(Pno) + 0.5

≥0.85

Where Pno is the Nameplate Output Power of the unit under test. Ln refers to the natural logarithm.


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