New York

Summary: Having originally adopted its standards in the 1980's, New York was one of the first states to adopt appliance standards after California paved the way in 1974.  The duties of establishing standards fall upon the Department of State in consultation with the New York State Energy Research Department Authority (NYSERDA). As of September 2009, New York State is actively pursuing the Appliance Efficiency Standards Bill (as limited by Federal pre-emption for certain covered products), and has been in recent talks with NYSERDA on all provisions of the Bill.  Article 16 calls for promulgation of New York State standards for energy efficiency for fourteen categories of products.  However, Federal legislation has pre-empted New York from establishing standards for all but one of the fourteen product categories described in Article 16.  It is anticipated that the New York State Rulemaking for Consumer appliances will be completed in early 2010.

Links:

• For an overview of New York's standards, please visit DSIRE.
• To read the text of the bill, please click here: Legislation
• Visit ASAP to peruse the list of products for which New York has adopted standards.
• Please visit NYSERDA for additional information on New York's efficiency standards.

Contact:

Mark Eggers
NYSERDA
Email: mse@nyserda.org
Phone: (518) 862-1090 ext. 3308

Joseph Hill, Assistant Director / Energy Services
NYS Department of State
Email: jhill@dos.state.ny.us
Phone: 518-474-4073

Last Updated 09/18/2009

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