California Energy Commission Appliance Efficiency Regulations

CEC

Countries	US - State of California only
Type	Mandatory Efficiency Standard
Links	CEC Home Page CEC Appliance Efficiency Regulations Home Page 2016 Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20) 2016 Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking Page (Title 20)
Type	Appliance Efficiency Pre-Rulemaking (Title 20) - The following appliances categories are in the pre-rulemaking stage. Stakeholders can submit proposals, make comments, or view workshops.
Links	2017 Phase II Pre-Rulemaking 2018 Phase II Pre-Rulemaking Commercial and Industrial Fans and Blowers (17-AAER-06) Commercial Tumble Dryers and Air-Filter Labeling (17-AAER-01) Federally Exempted Linear Fluorescent Lamps (18-AAER-08) Hearth Products (18-AAER-06) Irrigation Controllers (17-AAER-10) Low-Power Mode (17-AAER-12) Power Factor (19-AAER-03) Set-Top Boxes (17-AAER-11) Solar Inverters (17-AAER-13) Tub Spout Diverters (17-AAER-09) Pre-rulemaking (20-FDAS-01)
Type	Flexible Demand Appliance Standards
Links	2016 Building Efficiency Standards (Title 24) 2019 Building Efficiency Standards (Title 24) 2022 Building Efficiency Standards (Title 24) - Pre-Rulemaking

PRODUCT

STANDARD

Battery Charger Systems - Large

Large battery charger systems manufactured on or after January 1, 2014, shall meet the performance limits in the following table:

Performance Parameter		Standard
Charge Return Factor (CRF)	100 percent, 80 percent Depth of discharge	CRF ≤ 1.10
Charge Return Factor (CRF)	40 percent Depth of discharge	CRF ≤ 1.15
Power Conversion Efficiency		≥ 89 percent
Power Factor		≥ 0.90
Maintenance Mode Power(E_b = battery capacity of tested battery		≤ 10 + 0.0012E_b
No Battery Mode Power		≤ 10 W

Battery Charger Systems - Small

Effective February 1, 2013, for consumer products that are not USB charger systems with a battery capacity of 20 watt-hours or more. Effective February 1, 2014, for consumer products that are USB charger systems. Effective January 1, 2017, for non-consumer products.

Performance Parameter	Standard
Maximum 24 hour charge and maintenance energy (Wh) (E_b = capacity of all batteries in ports and N = number of charger ports	For E_b of 25 Wh or less: 16 x N
	For E_b > 2.5 Wh and ≤ 100 Wh: 12 x N=1.6E_b
	For E_b > 100 Wh and ≤ 1000 Wh: 22 x N=1.5E_b
	For E_b > 1000 Wh: 36.4 x N=1.486E_b
Maintenance Mode Power and No Battery Mode Power (W) (E_b = capacity of all batteries in ports and N = number of charger ports	The sum of the maintenance mode power and no battery mode power must be less or equal to: 1x N+0.0021xE_b

Compact Audio and Video Equipment

Appliance Type	Effective Date	Maximum Power Usage (W)
Compact Audio Products	January 1, 2007	2 W in Audio standby-passive mode for those without a permanently illuminated clock display 4 W in Audio standby-passive mode for those with a permanently illuminated clock display
Digital Versatile Disc Players and Digital Versatile Disc Recorders	January 1, 2006	3 W in Video standby-passive mode

Computers, Computer Monitors, and Signage Displays

Minimum energy efficiency requirements for computers, workstations, monitors, and signage displays can be found here.

Proposal to amend computer and monitor regulations - public hearing on 11/18/2020

External Power Supplies

Effective February 2016, EPSs must comply with the U.S. DOE EISA 2007 Level VI requirements. Information on the U.S. federal minimum efficiency levels for EPSs can be found here.

Nameplate Output (W)	Minimum Efficiency in Active Mode*
< 1 Watt	0.5 * Nameplate Output
≥ 1 and ≤ 51 Watts	0.09 * Ln(Nameplate Output) + 0.5
> 51 Watts	0.85
	Maximum No-Load Energy Consumption
Any Output	0.5 Watts
*Ln (Nameplate output) = Natural Logarithm of the nameplate output expressed in Watts

General Service Lamps

Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking page - General Service Lamps (Docket # 19-AAER-04) - Effective January 1, 2020

LED Lighting Quality Specification - Voluntary

Voluntary California Quality LED Lamp Specification 3.1

Televisions

A ≤ 1400 (58 inch diagonal)

Maximum standby power of 1 W

1Active-mode power: P ≤ 0.12 × A + 25

Minimum PF of 0.9

Source: California Energy Commission, effective 1/1/2013

In addition, TVs manufactured and sold in California must meet the following CEC requirements:

Automatically enter a standby (passive or active) mode after a maximum of 15 minutes without video and/or audio input on the selected input mode
Enter a standby-passive mode when turned off by remote or integrated button or switch
Have a peak luminance in "home" mode, or in the default mode as shipped, of ≥ 65% of the peak luminance of the "retail" mode, or the brightest selectable preset mode