Bill Text: HI HB2227 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Energy Efficiency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Re-Referred to EET, WAM. [HB2227 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB2227-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to energy efficiency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the high cost of
living in Hawaii adds to the importance of adopting policies that promote and
encourage energy efficiency, which can provide relief for families and
businesses faced with high utility bills.
In 2019, the legislature took the notable step of establishing minimum
energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold, leased, or
rented in the State. These standards are
estimated to result in more than $500,000,000 in cumulative utility bill
savings over the next fifteen years for Hawaii.
The legislature further finds that expanding the list of products requiring minimum efficiency standards can help Hawaii save millions of dollars on utility bills annually and can offer even more benefits for Hawaii residents, businesses, the environment, and the economy as a whole. Adopting additional state appliance efficiency standards, among other positive results, can:
(1) Provide a boost to the local economy as a result of consumers and businesses spending their economic savings on other goods and services;
(2) Protect consumers against manufacturers who would otherwise unload less efficient appliances that the manufacturers cannot sell in other states having heightened standards;
(3) Ensure that Hawaii residents do not miss out on potential savings while awaiting uncertain progress regarding standards to be made at the national level;
(4) Lower electricity bills for residents and businesses by millions of dollars annually; and
(5) Reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, which can result in public health benefits and help the State meet its clean energy and climate change mitigation targets.
Multiple states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, have adopted robust state appliance efficiency standards to take advantage of these benefits. The legislature believes that these states can serve as important sources of information for the enforcement and implementation of new or amended appliance energy standards in Hawaii.
Furthermore, the legislature finds that most products added pursuant to this Act are equal in cost to noncompliant products or have a short payback period ranging from zero to no more than six months.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Authorize the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office, instead of the director of business, economic development, and tourism, to adopt rules to enforce minimum efficiency standards for certain products and establish or amend appliance efficiency standards in certain situations; and
(2) Regulate the appliance efficiency standards for air purifiers and portable electric spas.
SECTION 2. Section 196-81, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§196-81[]]
Definitions. As used in this
part:
"Air purifier" or "room
air cleaner" means an electric, cord-connected, portable appliance having
the primary function of removing particulate matter from the air and which can
be moved from room to room.
"Chief
energy officer" means the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office.
"Compensation" means money or any other valuable thing, regardless of form, received or to be received by a person for services rendered.
"Computer" has the same meaning as in California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 1602(v), as amended.
"Computer monitor" has the same meaning as in California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 1602(v), as amended.
["Department" means the
department of business, economic development, and tourism.
"Director" means the director
of business, economic development, and tourism.]
"Faucet" means a lavatory faucet, kitchen faucet, metering faucet, or replacement aerator for a lavatory or kitchen faucet.
"High color rendering index fluorescent lamp" means a fluorescent lamp with a color rendering index of eighty-seven or greater that is not a compact fluorescent lamp.
"Industrial air purifier"
means an indoor air cleaning device manufactured, advertised, marketed,
labeled, and used solely for industrial use that is marketed solely through
industrial supply outlets or businesses and prominently labeled as "Solely
for industrial use. Potential health
hazard: emits ozone."
"Partial on mode" means the
condition during which the equipment provides at least one secondary function but
no primary.
"Portable electric spa" means
a free-standing hot tub that is electrically heated.
"Showerhead" means a
device through which water is discharged for a shower or bath[. Showerhead] and includes handheld
showerheads and any other showerhead[, including a handheld
showerhead,] except a safety showerhead.
"Spray sprinkler body" means the exterior case or shell of a sprinkler incorporating a means of connection to the piping system designed to convey water to a nozzle or orifice."
SECTION 3. Section 196-83, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§196-83[]] Rules. The [director] chief
energy officer may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to [enforce]:
(1) Enforce the minimum efficiency
standards [for the types of new products] set forth in section [196-84.]
196-85; and
(2) Adopt or amend appliance efficiency standards
for any products as the chief energy officer
deems appropriate, including but not limited to those products listed or incorporated
in section 196-84(a); provided that the chief energy officer shall set
appliance efficiency standards upon a determination that increased efficiency
standards would serve to promote energy or water conservation in the State and
would be cost effective for consumers who newly purchase and use those products; provided further that no new or amended appliance
efficiency standard may be made effective within one year of the effective date
of any preceding new or amended appliance efficiency standard."
SECTION 4. Section 196-84, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Appliance efficiency standards are established
under this part for the following appliances, if standards for these appliances
are not preempted by federal law:
(1) Air purifiers;
(2) Computers and computer monitors;
[(2)] (3) Faucets;
[(3)] (4) High color rendering index fluorescent
lamps;
(5) Portable
electric spas;
[(4)] (6) Showerheads; and
[(5)] (7) Spray sprinkler bodies."
SECTION 5. Section 196-85, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§196-85[] Appliance] Minimum efficiency
standards. [(a)] The
following minimum efficiency standards shall apply to products listed or
incorporated in section 196-84:
(1) Except
for industrial air purifiers, all air purifiers shall meet the following
requirements as measured in accordance with version 2.0 of the "ENERGY
STAR Program Requirements Product Specification for Room Air Cleaners":
(A) For
all models, the produced clean air delivery rate for smoke shall be greater than
or equal to thirty;
(B) For
models with a clean air delivery rate for smoke less than one hundred, the clean
air delivery rate per watt for smoke shall be greater than or equal to 1.7;
(C) For
models with a clean air delivery rate for smoke greater than or equal to one hundred
and less than one hundred fifty, the clean air delivery rate per watt for smoke
shall be greater than or equal to 1.9;
(D) For
models with a clean air delivery rate for smoke greater than or equal to one hundred
fifty, the clean air delivery rate per watt for smoke shall be greater than or
equal to 2.0;
(E) For
ozone-emitting models, the measured amount of ozone shall be less than or equal
to fifty parts per billion;
(F) For
models with a wi-fi network connection enabled by default when shipped, partial
on mode power shall not exceed two watts; and
(G) For
models without a wi-fi network connection enabled by default when shipped,
partial on mode power shall not exceed one watt;
(2) Computers and computer monitors shall meet the requirements set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 1605.3, as amended;
[(2)] (3) Faucets shall meet the minimum
efficiency standards set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section
1605.1, as amended;
[(3)] (4) High color rendering index fluorescent
lamps shall meet the minimum efficacy requirements contained in Section 430.32(n)(4)
of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations as in effect on January 3, 2017,
as measured in accordance with Appendix R to Subpart B of Part 430 of Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations—"Uniform Test Method for Measuring
Average Lamp Efficacy (LE), Color Rendering Index (CRI), and Correlated Color
Temperature (CCT) of Electric Lamps"—as amended;
(5) Portable
electric spas shall meet the requirements of the "American National
Standard for Portable Electric Spa Energy Efficiency" (ANSI/APSP/ICC
14-2019);
[(4)] (6) Showerheads shall meet the minimum
efficiency standards set forth in California Code of Regulations, Title 20,
Section 1605.1, as amended; and
[(5)] (7) Spray sprinkler bodies that are not
specifically excluded from the scope of the Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense
Specification for Spray Sprinkler Bodies, Version 1.0, shall include an
integral pressure regulator and shall meet the water efficiency and performance
criteria and other requirements of that specification, as amended.
[(b) When adopting standards for appliances
pursuant to section 196-84(a), the director shall set appliance efficiency
standards upon a determination that increased efficiency standards would serve
to promote energy or water conservation in the State and would be cost
effective for consumers who purchase and use such new products.]"
SECTION 6. Section 196-86, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§196-86[]] Implementation. (a)
On or after January 1, 2021, no new computer or computer monitor, faucet,
high color rendering index fluorescent lamp, showerhead, or spray sprinkler
body may be sold or offered for sale, lease, or rent in the State unless the
efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards
provided in section 196-85.
(b) On or after January 1, 2022, no new air purifier
or portable electric spa may be sold or offered for sale, lease, or rent in the
State unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency
standards provided in section 196-85. [(b)]
(c) One year after the date upon
which the sale or offering for sale of certain products becomes subject to the
requirements of [subsection] subsections (a)[, no such] and
(b), these products [may] shall not be installed for
compensation in the State unless the efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds
the efficiency standards provided in section 196-85."
SECTION 7. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
HSEO; Chief Energy Officer; Appliance Energy Standards; Air Purifiers; Portable Electric Spas
Description:
Authorizes
the Chief Energy Officer of the Hawaii State Energy Office to adopt rules to
enforce minimum efficiency standards for certain products and establish or
amend appliance efficiency standards in certain situations. Regulates the appliance efficiency standards
for air purifiers and portable electric spas.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
