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California Energy Commission
Minimum Efficiency Performance Standards and Plug-Loads
IEPR Workshop on Plug-Load Efficiency
California Energy Commission
June 18, 2015
Ken RiderAppliances and Existing Buildings Office
Efficiency Division
Ken.Rider@energy.ca.gov / 916-654-5006
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Historical Perspective
• California first set plug-load standards in 1976 for refrigerators, the first US appliance efficiency and first plug-load efficiency regulation.
• Plug-load standards continued to be set, with recent examples including standards for televisions and battery charger systems.
• New plug-load standards for computers and monitors are being discussed.
• Standards have been effective at slowing the growth of expanding plug-loads.
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Market Transformation
• Covered products must comply with minimum efficiency levels to be sold or offered for sale in California.
• Achieves full market adoption and extends to retrofits in existing buildings through natural product replacement.
• California appliance standards cause market transformation outside of the state, and in some cases can lead to transformation of the entire North American market. This magnifies energy savings exponentially.
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Standards are Fueled by Innovation
• Efficiency standards require economically feasible technologies:o They do not invent technologies;o They do increase market adoption of efficient technologies.
• Over 40 years have passed, and new opportunities continue to arise, even for refrigerators!
• Standards are a viable approach to energy efficiency as long as scientists and engineers produce new innovative technologies.
• Energy Commission has plans to investigate new standards for several products.
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Advantages of Appliance Standards
• Relatively high savings and low costs compared to rebate, outreach, and education programs.
• Can overcome non-technical barriers to increased efficiency:• Renter/owner split incentives;• Building/buyer split incentives;• Information barriers; and• Extreme aversion to risk and profitable status quo.
• Can target new saturation of appliances as well as replacement units.
• Savings begin as soon the product is used and without additional intervention.
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Limitations of Appliance Standards
• California is prohibited from adopting more efficient standards for many plug-loads due to federal preemption.
• Appliance standards cannot target installation or opportunities to save further energy past the store shelf.
• Can only target “average”, not heavy users of plug-loads.• Must wait five years to revise standards (by law).
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