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Last month, I wrote about the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) invitation to participate in the 2012-2013 Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking Request for Information (RFI) by submitting data on products that the state is considering for efficiency standards (click here to read the blog). The information submittal deadline is May 9th. The commission isn’t wasting any time [...]

Last month I reported that the California Energy Commission (CEC) was holding a workshop on rulemaking for enforcing appliance efficiency standards (see: The CEC Looks at Efficiency Enforcement). The purpose of the effort is to establish an enforcement process to determine penalties and collection procedures on imported goods that violate California’s efficiency standards. This month [...]

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has started off 2012 all charged up and ready to reduce battery charger system (BCS) energy waste. On January 12th, the Commissioners voted to adopt limits (proposed in last December’s 15-day Language) as amendments to the Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20). That makes the CEC the world’s first government agency [...]

The California Energy Commission (CEC) moved a step closer to finalizing the most far-reaching mandatory efficiency standard for consumer and industrial battery charger systems (BCSs). In a public workshop held last week in Sacramento, the CEC’s Efficiency Committee gave stakeholders the opportunity to review and discuss the newly revised draft amendments to the state’s Appliance [...]