CEC Title 20Important hints on market compliance：

Recently, some customers have reported that California Energy Efficiency Council CEC has started market sampling inspection, carrying out certification verification for products within the scope of CEC Title 20 control, and removing and punishing non-compliant or non-certified products.  On July 23, 2021, CEC officially published the new Energy Efficiency Regulation for Title20 Appliances: CEC-140-2021-002.

The California Appliance Efficiency Code incorporates federal regulatory standards to set minimum energy and water efficiency levels for consumer electronics, appliances, and plumbing.  At the same time, the regulations stipulate that the appliances regulated by the regulations entering the California market for circulation and sale must meet the requirements of the product sales market management.

CEC Title 20supervision requirement：

1. CEC Title20 Controlled products must be listed in the MAEDbS system before being marketed

2. the manufacturer has

• Tested the appliance as required by sections 1603 and 1604 of this Article.

• Marked the unit as required by section 1607 of this Article.

• Filing by Manufacturers; Listing of Appliances in the MAEDbS.

3. If the Executive Director determines that an appliance requiring certification that is not in the MAEDbS is being sold or offered for sale in California, he or she shall take appropriate legal action to restrain and discourage such sale or offering, including, but not limited to testing units of the appliance at the manufacturer's cost and seeking appropriate judicial action.

4. For any appliance, the Executive Director may at any time request from a manufacturer a copy of the test report，then the manufacturer shall provide a copy of the applicable test report to the Executive Director within 5 days of the manufacturer's receipt of the request.If the Executive Director does not receive the test report within the required time, the Executive Director shall remove the appliance from the MAEDbS.

5. If the test report indicates that the energy or water consumption of the appliance is greater than, or the energy or water efficiency of the appliance is less than, the consumption or efficiency certified by the manufacturer.the Executive Director shall, after providing electronic notice via e-mail or directly through the MAEDbS to the person designated，modify the listing of the appliance in the MAEDbS to reflect accurately the test report.

6. If the test report indicates that the appliance model does not comply with an applicable standard。the Executive Director shall, ten days after providing electronic notice via e-mail or directly through the MAEDbS to the person designated，remove the model from the MAEDbS.

7. The Executive Director shall periodically inspect appliances sold or offered for sale in the state，to determine whether they conform with the applicable energy design and water design standards and with the applicable marking requirements.

8. Executive Director's Enforcement Testing of Appliances Subject to Energy Efficiency, Energy Consumption, Water Efficiency, and Water Consumption Standards：

（1） Initial Test (1pcs)：

A. Performance Is No Worse, the matter shall be closed.

B. If a second test is performed, the Executive Director shall calculate the mean of the results of the initial test and the second test. Upon completion of the second test.

（2）Second Test:

A, If the two test results indicate that the mean energy and water consumption of the two units is no greater than, and the mean energy and water efficiency of the two units is no less than, the consumption and efficiency permitted or required by all applicable standards, the matter shall be closed.

B. If the two test results indicate that the mean energy or water consumption of the two units is greater than, or the mean energy or water efficiency of the two units is less than, the consumption or efficiencythat was certified by the manufacturer or third-party certifier, but that the mean result nevertheless complies with all applicable standards, then the Executive Director shall modify the listing of the appliance in the MAEDbS to reflect accurately the Energy Commission's determination.

C. If the two test results indicate that the mean energy or water consumption of the two units is greater than, or the mean energy or water efficiency of the two units is less than, any applicable standard, the Executive Director shall remove the appliance from the MAEDbS.

9. Costs：

All costs of initial tests showing results as described in section 1608(e)(1)(A) or section 1608(e)(2)(A) of this Article shall be borne by the Energy Commission. All costs of all other tests shall be paid by the manufacturer.

10. The test results show that the appliance does not comply with an applicable federal standard or other applicable federal requirement, the Executive Director shall inform the appropriate federal agency.

11. Within 10 days of receipt of a request, the Executive Director shall either find the request is complete and so inform the applicant, Within 21 days of receipt of a complete request, the Executive Director shall make a determination, which shall be within the discretion of the Executive Director acting on the basis of the entire record, which shall be assembled and made publicly available by the Executive Director. The Energy Commission shall hear and decide the appeal at the next regularly scheduled business meeting that is at least 30 days after the appeal is filed.

12. Any person, including a retailer, manufacturer, contractor, importer or distributor, that sells or offers for sale an appliance, which is not listed in the MAEDbS, is in violation of section 1608(a)(1) of this Article and may be subject to an administrative civil penalty for each unit of the appliance that was sold or is offered for sale.

CEC Title 20Official website link

https://www.energy.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2021-07/Title%2020%20Updated%20July%2023%2C%202021.pdf

MAEDbSOfficial website link:

https://cacertappliances.energy.ca.gov/Login.aspx

Please feel free to contact us if you have relevant CEC Title 20 testing and certification requirements. Thank you very much!

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