Title 39
Public Utilities and Carriers

Chapter 27
The Energy and Consumer Savings Act of 2005

R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-27-4

§ 39-27-4. Scope.

(a) The provisions of this chapter apply to the following types of new products sold, offered for sale, or installed in the state:

(1) Automatic commercial icemakers;

(2) Commercial clothes washers;

(3) Commercial pre-rinse spray valves;

(4) Commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers;

(5) High-intensity discharge lamp ballasts;

(6) Illuminated exit signs;

(7) Large packaged air-conditioning equipment;

(8) Low-voltage dry-type distribution transformers;

(9) Metal-halide lamp fixtures;

(10) Single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies;

(11) Torchieres;

(12) Traffic signal modules; and

(13) Unit heaters.

(b) The provisions of this chapter also apply to the following types of new products sold, offered for sale, or installed in the state:

(1) Bottle-type water dispensers;

(2) Commercial hot food holding cabinets;

(3) Residential boilers and residential furnaces;

(4) State-regulated incandescent reflector lamps; and

(5) Walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers.

(c) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

(1) New products manufactured in the state and sold outside the state;

(2) New products manufactured outside the state and sold at wholesale inside the state for final retail sale and installation outside the state;

(3) Products installed in mobile manufactured homes at the time of construction; or

(4) Products designed expressly for installation and use in recreational vehicles.

History of Section.
P.L. 2005, ch. 136, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 146, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 177, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 288, § 1.