Chapter 25B

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ''Massachusetts Appliance Efficiency Standards Act''.

Section 10. The commissioner shall study and evaluate the effectiveness of energy efficiency in the commonwealth as well recommend new or increased efficiency standards. Such study and evaluation shall be conducted in consultation with interested parties. The commissioner shall f…

Section 2. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Ballast'', a device used with an electric discharge lamp to obtain necessary circuit conditions (voltage, current and waveform) for starting and ope…

Section 3. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the testing, certification and enforcement of efficiency standards for lamps and the following types of new appliances sold, offered for sale or installed in the commonwealth: (a) refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and fr…

Section 4. No new appliance covered by clauses (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 3 may be sold, offered for sale or installed in the commonwealth on or after January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, unless the energy efficiency of the appliance meets or exceeds the stand…

Section 5. The commissioner may, by regulation, update energy efficiency standards for the types of new products set forth in clauses (f) to (y), inclusive, of section 3. Any revision of such efficiency standards shall be based upon the determination of the commissioner; provided…

Section 6. The commissioner shall adopt procedures for testing the energy efficiency of the appliances and lamps covered by this chapter if such procedures are not provided for in any other applicable code regarding the testing of appliance efficiency. The commissioner shall use …

Section 7. Manufacturers of appliances and lamps covered by this chapter shall certify to the commissioner that such appliances and lamps are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations governing the certification of appliances…

Section 8. The commissioner may cause periodic inspections to be made of distributors or retailers of new appliances in order to determine compliance with this chapter. The commissioner may also work with the chairman of the board of building regulations and standards to coordina…

Section 9. If the commissioner determines that a federal statute, rule or determination would supersede any requirement of this act, or if the commissioner is notified by the United States Department of Energy that a petition has been filed to supersede any requirement of this ac…