Bill Text: NY S03744 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to consumer audio and video products energy efficiency standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-26 - PRINT NUMBER 3744A [S03744 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03744-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3744--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 26, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
          cations in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT to amend the energy law, in relation to consumer audio and video
          products energy efficiency standards
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 2 of section 16-106 of the
     2  energy law, as added by chapter 431 of the laws of 2005, is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a)  On  or  before [June thirtieth, two thousand six] January thirty-
     5  first, two thousand twenty, the  secretary,  in  consultation  with  the
     6  president,  shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of
     7  this article establishing: (i) energy efficiency  performance  standards
     8  for new products of the types set forth in paragraphs (a) through (n) of
     9  subdivision one of section 16-104 of this article, with the exception of
    10  such  [paragraph] paragraphs (e) (consumer audio and video products) and
    11  (g) (incandescent reflector lamps);  (ii)  procedures  for  testing  the
    12  energy  efficiency of the products covered by paragraphs (a) through (n)
    13  of subdivision one of section 16-104 of this article;  (iii)  procedures
    14  for  manufacturers  to  certify that products covered under this article
    15  meet the energy efficiency standards to be promulgated under this  arti-
    16  cle; and (iv) such further matters as are necessary to insure the proper
    17  implementation  and enforcement of the provisions of this article.  With
    18  respect to consumer audio and video products, the secretary, in  consul-
    19  tation with the president, shall conduct a study to determine whether an
    20  energy  performance  standard  for  such products should be established,
    21  taking into account factors including but not limited to, the  potential
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  impact  on  electricity usage, product availability, manufacturing cost,
     2  innovation, product convergence,  product  features  and  function,  and
     3  consumer  and  environmental  benefits.  Based on the recommendations of
     4  such study, the secretary, in consultation with the president, may adopt
     5  regulations in accordance with the provisions of this article establish-
     6  ing  energy performance standards for such products on or before January
     7  thirty-first, two thousand twenty. With respect to incandescent  reflec-
     8  tor  lamps,  included  in  paragraph  (g)  of subdivision one of section
     9  16-104 of this article, the secretary, in consultation with  the  presi-
    10  dent,  shall  conduct  a study to determine whether an energy efficiency
    11  performance standard for such product should be established, taking into
    12  account factors including the potential  impact  on  electricity  usage,
    13  product  availability  and consumer and environmental benefits. If it is
    14  determined based on this study that such a standard would reduce  energy
    15  use  and  would  not  be preempted by the federal law, the secretary, in
    16  consultation with the president, shall adopt regulations  in  accordance
    17  with  the  provisions  of  this  article establishing energy performance
    18  standards for such product on or  before  January  first,  two  thousand
    19  eight.
    20    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    21  no energy efficiency performance standard shall become effective  for  a
    22  product  less  than one hundred eighty days after such energy efficiency
    23  performance standard shall become final.