One more point, according to one of our power supply vendors active in the commenting process, I understand that the federal legislation supersedes the state legislation. In effect we have harmonization...
Look carefully at Oregon's requirements and those of H6. Don Umbdenstock Manager Compliance Engineering Tyco Safety Products / Sensormatic 6600 Congress Avenue Boca Raton, FL 33487 USA Phone: 561.912.6440 [email protected] From: Umbdenstock, Don Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:24 AM To: '[email protected]'; [email protected] Subject: RE: Energy Independence and Security Act - 2007 9 states had passed energy efficiency legislation over the past couple of years mostly mimicking California. The requirements ranged from identifying the efficiency to requiring certification and marking, depending on the state. As of December, the federal government moved from voluntary (energy star) to mandatory, effective July 2008. Interestingly, the limits are mandatory, but the standards do not come on line for another few years. And in July of 2007, it was reported that there was an existing law that required a 3 year transition period for this new law. http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:0fPY7IumafcJ:tammybaldwin.house.gov /PRArticle.aspx%3FNewsID%3D1394+energy+bill+external+power+supplies&hl=e n&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us Here is an excerpt from what was then the pending legislation: The Energy Policy Act of 2005 required the Secretary to issue a determination by August 8, 2008 on whether energy conservation standards should be developed for external power supplies. If on track, the earliest that energy conservation standards would be issued is 2011. And, since manufacturers have 3 years (by law) to update their products, the earliest that external power supplies would have to comply with new energy efficiency standards would be 2014. I have not been able to find that "other" law requiring a transition period. The version the President signed does not reference another law that a transition period can be gleaned from. Anybody seen this "other" law? Don Umbdenstock Manager Compliance Engineering Tyco Safety Products / Sensormatic 6600 Congress Avenue Boca Raton, FL 33487 USA Phone: 561.912.6440 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Energy Independence and Security Act - 2007 The following link has a good list of regulations for power supply efficiency. http://www.efficientpowersupplies.org/policies.asp The Federal requirements basically match the California requirements. California has been mandating more efficiency for external supplies for a while. The Federal requirements starting July 1, 2008 match the California requirements for the same date. California has had slightly less stringent requirements in effect for a while. See pages 130 - 131 (positions 139 - 140) in this linked PDF. http://www.energy.ca.gov/2007publications/CEC-400-2007-016/CEC-400-2007- 016-REV1.PDF If you are far behind the US Federal requirements, you may already be violating California requirements. Ted Eckert American Power Conversion/MGE http://www.apc.com/ The items contained in this e-mail reflect the personal opinions of the writer and are only provided for the assistance of the reader. The writer is not speaking in an official capacity for APC-MGE or Schneider Electric. The speaker does not represent APC-MGE's or Schneider Electric's official position on any matter. "Denis Ryskamp" <denis_ryskamp@tr imble.com> To Sent by: "Taylor, Michael" [email protected] <[email protected]>, "IEEE EMC-PSTC" <[email protected]> cc 03/06/2008 08:24 AM Subject RE: Energy Independence and Security Act - 2007 Ooops, can not use attachments Here is the link: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_publi c_laws&docid=f:publ140.110.pdf Regards, Denis Ryskamp Environmental Compliance Manager Trimble Dayton 5475 Kellenburger Road Dayton, Ohio 45424 (: 01-937-245-5539 -: [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Taylor, Michael Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:13 AM To: IEEE EMC-PSTC Subject: Energy Independence and Security Act - 2007 Hello All, I just became aware of a (supposedly) new US federal requirement for "External Power Supplies" (EPS) that goes into force in July 2008 mandating minimum energy efficiency compliance. The website listed as "Energy Star Program Requirements for Single Voltage External Ac-Dc and AC-AC Power Supplies, Version -2" ( www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_development/revisions/downloads/eps_ prog_reqs_d1v2.pdf ) is no longer valid, and there are no apparent links to any "government Site". This listed Energy Star website appears to be totally voluntarily and not a federal requirement. Question: Does anyone know the actual date of the publication of this law in the Federal Register, the scope of Actual Law as passed, and the real requirements of the law ??? I have not been able to locate the actual law and determine it's specific requirements or applicability to what classes of devices it is applied to (i.e.: consumer only - or does it apply to laboratory and industrial equipment also) A Google search turned up about 200K items but no actual reference to a real law. Does anyone out there know if this is real or another bogus Blog by EDN. 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