Appliance Regulations
Rulemaking Activities
- 2012 Rulemaking on Appliance Efficiency Regulations
(Docket # 12-AAER-2). - Appliance Efficiency Standards for Battery Chargers
(Docket # 11-AAER-2). - Appliance Efficiency Enforcement
(Docket # 12-AAER-1). - Archive
2003-2010
Appliance Efficiency Database
Forms and Instructions
General Notices and Documents
Also see notices and documents pages in individual proceeding sections.
- General Notices
- General Documents
- Energy Commission vs. U.S. Department of Energy
Petition for Exemption Regarding Water Conservation Standards for Residential Clothes Washers - Energy Commission Petition to Repeal the Test Method for Television Sets In 10 C.F.R. Part 430 Subpart B
- Informal Proceeding to Decertify Appliance
(Docket # 10-RADB-01)
Related Links
Previous Appliance Efficiency Regulations
California's Appliance Efficiency Regulations were established in 1976 in response to a legislative mandate to reduce California's energy consumption. The regulations are updated periodically to allow consideration and possible incorporation of new energy efficiency technologies and methods.
Please note that the CURRENT REGULATIONS are available from the main section page and supersede any of the regs listed below.
2009 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: CEC-400-2009-013, August 2009
(Acrobat PDF file, 238 pages, 1.9 megabytes).
The 2009 regulations were adopted by the California Energy Commission on December 3, 2008, and approved by the California Office of Administrative Law on July 10, 2009.
2007 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: CEC-400-2007-016, October 2007 (194 pages, 1.3 megabytes).
The 2007 regulations were adopted by the California Energy Commission on June 20, 2007, and approved by the California Office of Administrative Law on September 17, 2007. They were superseded by Revised Regulations that were effective December 29, 2007.
2006 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: CEC-400-2006-002-REV2, Dec 2006 (194 pages, 641 kilobytes).
The 2006 regulations were adopted by the Energy Commission on October 11, 2006, and approved by the California Office of Administrative Law on December 14, 2006.
2005 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: CEC-400-2005-012 (167 pages, 1.3 megabytes).
The 2005 regulations were adopted by the Energy Commission on April 13, 2005.
- Appliance Rulemaking (# 05-AAER-2)
- Appliance Rulemaking (# 05-AAER-1)
- Appliance Rulemaking (# 04-AAER-1)
- Appliance Rulemaking (# 03-AAER-1)
2003 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: P400-03-016 (152 pages, 836 kilobytes).
The 2003 regulations were effective April 1, 2003.
2002 Appliance Efficiency Regulations - Publication Number: P400-02-021F (151 pages, 530 kilobytes).