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O. Reg. 201/19: ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY - APPLIANCES AND PRODUCTS

filed June 13, 2019 under Electricity Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 15, Sched. A

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ontario regulation 201/19

made under the

Electricity Act, 1998

Made: May 30, 2019
Filed: June 13, 2019
Published on e-Laws: June 14, 2019
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 29, 2019

Amending O. Reg. 509/18

(ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY - APPLIANCES AND PRODUCTS)

1. Section 2 of Ontario Regulation 509/18 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2.1) Despite subsection (1), if an appliance or product identified in a Schedule to this Regulation was manufactured before the date of manufacture specified in the Schedule for the appliance or product, and on the date the appliance or product was manufactured, this Regulation prescribed efficiency standards or requirements for the appliance or product, those efficiency standards or requirements continue to apply.

2. (1) Subsection 10 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “paragraphs 6, 7 and 8” and substituting “paragraph 8”.

(2) Subsection 10 (3) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(3) The prescribed label must be placed on the appliance or product so that the label can be seen easily and readily without the need to remove any covering. However, in respect of the following products, the prescribed label may instead be placed on the exterior of the product’s package:

1. A battery charger.

2. An external power supply.

3. Subsection 11 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “26” in the portion before paragraph 1.

4. (1) Paragraphs 2, 4 and 6 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation are revoked.

(2) Subparagraph 5 i of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2018 or later.

(3) Subparagraph 7 i of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2018 or later.

(4) Paragraphs 8, 10, 11 and 13 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation are revoked.

(5) Subparagraph 14 i of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2018 or later.

(6) Paragraph 15 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked.

(7) Subparagraph 16 i of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2018 or later.

(8) Paragraphs 17, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 29 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation are revoked.

(9) Paragraph 30 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

30. Ice storage bin, manual scoop-out:

i. Date of manufacture: July 1, 2013 or later.

ii. Testing standard: CAN/CSA C742-15, Energy performance of automatic ice makers and ice storage bins.

iii. Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standard, limited to manual scoop-out ice storage bins.

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: Clause 5.4.3 and Table 5 of the testing standard.

(10) Paragraphs 31 and 33 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation are revoked.

(11) Paragraph 34 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before subparagraph i and subparagraph i and substituting the following:

34. Vending machine, other than refrigerated bottled or canned beverage:

i. Date of manufacture: July 1, 2013 or later.

(12) Paragraph 36 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked.

(13) The definition of “closed” in section 2 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked.

5. (1) Paragraph 1 of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is revoked.

(2) Subparagraphs 2 ii and iv of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: For energy factor, CAN/CSA B211-00, Energy Efficiency of Oil-Fired Storage Tank Water Heaters. As an alternative, one of the following testing standards may be used for uniform energy factor: either CAN/CSA P.3-15 Testing method for measuring energy consumption and determining efficiencies of gas-fired and fuel oil-fired water heaters or U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (e) Water Heaters, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.

. . . . .

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement:

A. Energy factor of ≥ 0.68 – 0.0005 Vr, where Vr is the nominal volume of a water heater’s storage tank, expressed in litres.

B. The following uniform energy factors may be used as an alternative, where Vs is the measured storage volume of a water heater’s storage tank, expressed in litres:

1. For units that have a first-hour rating of < 68 L (18 US gallons): UEF ≥ 0.2509 – 0.00032 Vs.

2. For units that have a first-hour rating of ≥ 68 L (18 US gallons) but < 193 L (51 US gallons): UEF ≥ 0.5330 – 0.00042 Vs.

3. For units that have a first-hour rating of ≥ 193 L (51 US gallons) but < 284 L (75 US gallons): UEF ≥ 0.6078 – 0.00042 Vs.

4. For units that have a first-hour rating of ≥ 284 L (75 US gallons): UEF ≥ 0.6815 – 0.00037 Vs.

(3) Paragraphs 3 and 4 of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation are revoked.

(4) Subparagraphs 5 ii and iv of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: For energy factor, CAN/CSA-P.3-04, Testing Method for Measuring Energy Consumption and Determining Efficiencies of Gas-Fired Storage Water Heaters. As an alternative, one of the following testing standards may be used for uniform energy factor: either CAN/CSA P.3-15, Testing method for measuring energy consumption and determining efficiencies of gas-fired and fuel oil-fired water heaters or U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (e) Water Heaters, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.

. . . . .

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement:

A. Energy factor ≥ 0.70 − 0.0005 × rated storage volume in litres, or ≥ 0.70 − 0.00189 × rated storage volume in US gallons.

B. The following uniform energy factors may be used as an alternative, where Vs is the measured storage volume of a water heater’s storage tank, expressed in litres:

1. For units that have a first-hour rating of < 68 L (18 US gallons): UEF ≥ 0.3456 – 0.00053 Vs.

2. For units that have a first-hour rating of ≥ 68 L (18 US gallons) but < 193 L (51 US gallons): UEF ≥ 0.5982 – 0.00050 Vs.

3. For units that have a first-hour rating of ≥ 193 L (51 US gallons) but < 284 L (75 US gallons): UEF ≥ 0.6483 – 0.00045 Vs.

4. For units that have a first-hour rating of ≥ 284 L (75 US gallons): UEF ≥ 0.692 – 0.00034 Vs.

(5) Subparagraph 6 ii of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “ANSI Z21.10.3-2014 / CSA 4.3-2014” and substituting “ANSI Z21.10.3-2017 / CSA 4.3-2017”.

(6) Subparagraph 8 ii of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “ANSI Z21.10.3-2013 / CSA 4.3-2013” and substituting “ANSI Z21.10.3-2017 / CSA 4.3-2017”.

(7) Paragraph 9 of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is revoked.

(8) Subparagraph 11 ii of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “ANSI Z21.10.3-2013 / CSA 4.3-2013 Annex E2 instead of ANSI Z21.10.3-2011 Exhibit G2” at the end and substituting “ANSI Z21.10.3-2017 / CSA 4.3-2017 Annex E2”.

(9) Subparagraph 11 iv of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: a maximum standby loss (in per cent per hour) of 0.30 + 102.21/V, where V is the measured storage volume in L, or 0.30 + 27/V, where V is the measured storage volume in US gallons. However, water heaters having more than 530 L (140 US gallons) of storage capacity need not meet the standby loss requirement if the tank surface area is thermally insulated to R-value 2.20 (in kelvin × square metres /W) or R-value 12.5 (in Fahrenheit × square feet / Btu/h) or more.

(10) Paragraphs 12 and 13 of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation are revoked.

(11) Subparagraph 16 ii and iv of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (e) Water heaters, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (e) Water heaters, as it read on January 1, 2015 may be used as an alternative.

. . . . .

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart C, §430.32 (d) Water heaters, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart C, §430.32 (d) Water heaters, as it read on January 1, 2015 may be used as an alternative.

6. (1) Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation are revoked.

(2) Sub-subparagraph 4 ii A of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “ANSI Z21.47-2012 / CSA 2.3-2012” and substituting “ANSI Z21.47-2016 / CSA 2.3-2016”.

(3) Paragraphs 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17 and 19 of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation are revoked.

(4) Subparagraph 24 iv of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: equipped with an automatic water temperature adjustment device.

(5) Paragraphs 26, 30 and 32 of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation are revoked.

7. (1) Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation are revoked.

(2) Subparagraph 8 ii of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “CAN/CSA C746-06” and substituting “CAN/CSA C746-17”.

(3) Subparagraph 8 iii of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “17”.

(4) Paragraphs 9, 10, 12 and 13 of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation are revoked.

(5) Subparagraph 16 ii of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: CSA C748-13, Performance of direct-expansion (DX) ground-source heat pumps.

(6) Paragraphs 17, 19 and 20 of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation are revoked.

(7) Subparagraph 21 ii of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “AHRI 551/591-2011 with Addendum 1” and substituting “AHRI 551/591-2015”.

(8) Subparagraph 21 iv of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “ASHRAE 90.1-2013” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “ASHRAE 90.1-2016”.

(9) Paragraphs 22 and 26 of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation are revoked.

8. (1) Paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation are revoked.

(2) Sub-subparagraph 3 ii A of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

A. for all lamps and ballasted adapters in the category, CAN/CSA-C861-10, Performance of self-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps and ballasted adapters.

(3) Paragraphs 4 and 5 of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation are revoked.

(4) Subparagraph 6 iv of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart C, §430.32 (n) General service fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.

(5) Paragraph 7 of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is revoked.

(6) Paragraph 9 of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before subparagraph i and substituting the following:

9. Lamp, regulated incandescent, with a lumen output of at least 1,050 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens:

. . . . .

(7) Paragraph 9 of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by striking out subparagraphs ii and iii and substituting the following:

ii. Testing standards:

A. for lamp lumen output and wattage: IES LM-45-15, IESNA Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Measurements of General Service Incandescent Filament Lamps,

B. for life: IES LM-49-12, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps,

C. for colour rendering index (CRI): CIE 13.3-1995, Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources, and

D. for sub-subparagraphs A and B, the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage.

iii. Scope of application: a “regulated incandescent” lamp as defined in subsection 2 (1) of this Schedule, with a lumen output of at least 1,050 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens.

(8) Paragraphs 10 and 11 of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation are revoked.

(9) Sub-subparagraphs 12 ii A, B and C of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

A. for lamp lumen output and wattage: IES LM-45-15, IESNA Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Measurements of General Service Incandescent Filament Lamps,

B. for life: IES LM-49-12, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps,

C. for colour rendering index (CRI): CIE 13.3-1995, Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources, and

D. for sub-subparagraphs A and B, the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage.

(10) Sub-subparagraphs 13 ii A, B and C of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

A. for lamp lumen output and wattage: IES LM-45-15, IESNA Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Measurements of General Service Incandescent Filament Lamps,

B. for life: IES LM-49-12, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps, 

C. for colour rendering index (CRI): CIE 13.3-1995, Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources, and

D. for sub-subparagraphs A and B, the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage.

(11) Subparagraph 14 iii of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “ANSI C81.61-2009” and substituting “ANSI C81.61-2017”.

(12) Paragraphs 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 and 30 of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation are revoked.

(13) Subparagraph 31 ii of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: CSA C860-11, Performance of Internally Lighted Exit Signs.

(14) Paragraph 4 of subsection 3 (2) of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “ANSI C81.61-2009” at the end and substituting “ANSI C81.61-2017”.

(15) Paragraph 9 of subsection 3 (3) of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “C22.2 No. 89-1976” and substituting “C22.2 No. 89-2015”.

9. (1) Subparagraph 1 iii of section 1 of Schedule 6 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

iii. Scope of application: “small electric motor” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart X, §431.442 Definitions, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, but limited to motors that have two, four or six poles. However, motors within the scope of paragraph 4 of this section and motors that are components of other products covered in this Regulation are excluded.

(2) Paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of section 1 of Schedule 6 to the Regulation are revoked.

(3) Subparagraph 7 ii of section 1 of Schedule 6 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: CSA C802.1-13, Minimum efficiency values for liquid-filled distribution transformers.

(4) Paragraphs 9 and 10 of section 1 of Schedule 6 to the Regulation are revoked.

(5) Subparagraphs 11 ii, iii and iv of section 1 of Schedule 6 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: CSA C802.2-18, Test Method and Minimum Efficiency Values for Dry-Type Transformers.

iii. Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standard and including transformers described in Clause 1.5 (o) of the testing standard. However, transformers with a high voltage winding of greater than 35 kV are excluded.

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: Clause 7 and Table 1 of the testing standard.

10. (1) Subparagraph 2 ii of section 1 of Schedule 7 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: CSA C828-13, Performance Requirements for Thermostats Used with Individual Room Electric Space Heating Devices.

(2) Sub-subparagraph 3 iv of section 1 of Schedule 7 to the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before sub-subparagraph A and substituting the following:

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: capable of entering one of the following modes, or more if applicable:

. . . . .

(3) Sub-subparagraphs 4 iv A, B, C, D and E of section 1 of Schedule 7 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

A. capable of entering one of the following modes, or more if applicable:

1. a standby mode with a power consumption ≤ 1.0 W, with information or status display active,

2. a standby mode with a power consumption ≤ 0.5 W, with information or status display inactive,

3. a standby mode with a power consumption ≤ 0.5 W, without information or status display, or

4. an off-mode with a power consumption ≤ 0.5 W.

B. on-mode power consumption of ≤ 0.019 W/cm2 × A + 25 W, if A is the screen area in cm2, or ≤ 0.120 W/in2 × A + 25 W, if A is the screen area in in2. However, ultra-high definition televisions with resolution 8K or greater are exempt from on-mode power consumption requirements,

C. for models with an active power < 100W, a power factor of ≥ 0.4,

D. for models with an active power ≥ 100W, a power factor ≥ 0.9,

E. automatically enters a standby-mode, after a maximum of 15 minutes without video and/or audio input on the selected input mode, and

(4) Sub-subparagraph 5 iv of section 1 of Schedule 7 to the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before sub-subparagraph A and substituting the following:

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: capable of entering one of the following modes, or more if applicable:

. . . . .

(5) Paragraphs 6 and 7 of section 1 of Schedule 7 to the Regulation are revoked.

(6) Subparagraphs 8 ii and iv of section 1 of Schedule 7 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (bb) External power supplies, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.

. . . . .

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart C, §430.32 (w) External power supplies, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.

11. Sub-subparagraph 1 iv A of section 1 of Schedule 8 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

A. double-glazed with a low-E coating for basement windows that incorporate a loadbearing structural frame, and

Commencement

12. This Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2019 and the day it is filed.