42 U.S.C. § 6292 : US Code - Section 6292: Coverage

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6292 : US Code - Section 6292: Coverage

(a) In general
The following consumer products, excluding those consumer
products designed solely for use in recreational vehicles and other
mobile equipment, are covered products:
(1) Refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers which
can be operated by alternating current electricity, excluding -
(A) any type designed to be used without doors; and
(B) any type which does not include a compressor and
condenser unit as an integral part of the cabinet assembly.
(2) Room air conditioners.
(3) Central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat
pumps.
(4) Water heaters.
(5) Furnaces.
(6) Dishwashers.
(7) Clothes washers.
(8) Clothes dryers.
(9) Direct heating equipment.
(10) Kitchen ranges and ovens.
(11) Pool heaters.
(12) Television sets.
(13) Fluorescent lamp ballasts.
(14) General service fluorescent lamps and incandescent
reflector lamps.
(15) Showerheads, except safety shower showerheads.
(16) Faucets.
(17) Water closets.
(18) Urinals.
(19) Any other type of consumer product which the Secretary
classifies as a covered product under subsection (b) of this
section.
(b) Special classification of consumer product
(1) The Secretary may classify a type of consumer product as a
covered product if he determines that -
(A) classifying products of such type as covered products is
necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
chapter, and
(B) average annual per-household energy use by products of such
type is likely to exceed 100 kilowatt-hours (or its Btu
equivalent) per year.
(2) For purposes of this subsection:
(A) The term "average annual per-household energy use with
respect to a type of product" means the estimated aggregate
annual energy use (in kilowatt-hours or the Btu equivalent) of
consumer products of such type which are used by households in
the United States, divided by the number of such households which
use products of such type.
(B) The Btu equivalent of one kilowatt-hour is 3,412 British
thermal units.
(C) The term "household" shall be defined under rules of the
Secretary.