| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA c. 34 is enacted to read: |
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| | | ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS |
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| | | As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise | | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | | 1.__Ceiling fan.__"Ceiling fan"__means a nonportable device | | that is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the | | rotation of fan blades. |
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| | | 2.__Ceiling fan light kit.__"Ceiling fan light kit" means | | the equipment used to provide light from a ceiling fan.__This | | equipment may be: |
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| | | A.__Integral such that the ceiling fan light kit is | | hardwired to the ceiling fan; or |
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| | | B.__Attachable such that the ceiling fan light kit is not, | | at the time of sale, physically attached to the fan, | | regardless of whether the kit is included inside a ceiling | | fan package at the time of sale or sold separately for | | subsequent attachment to a fan. |
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| | | 3.__Commercial clothes washer.__"Commercial clothes washer" | | means a soft mount front-loading or soft mount top-loading | | clothes washer that is designed for use in: |
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| | | A.__Applications where the occupants of more than one | | household will be using it, such as in multifamily housing | | common areas and coin laundries; or |
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| | | B.__Other commercial applications if the clothes container | | compartment is no greater than 3.5 cubic feet for a | | horizontal-axis clothes washer or no greater than 4.0 | | cubic feet for a vertical-axis clothes washer. |
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| | | 4.__Commercial refrigerators and freezers.__"Commercial | | refrigerators and freezers" means reach-in cabinets, pass- | | through cabinets, roll-in cabinets and roll-through cabinets | | that have less than 85 cubic feet of capacity and that are not | | walk-in models or consumer products regulated under the | | National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987, Public Law | | 100-12. |
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