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(4) To subsidize utility rate demonstrations or State tax credits for energy conservation; or

(5) To conduct or purchase equipment to conduct research, development or demonstration of conservation techniques and technologies not commercially available.

(b) No more than 20 percent of the financial assistance awarded to the State for this program shall be used to purchase office supplies, library materials, or other equipment whose purchase is not otherwise prohibited by this section. Nothing in this paragraph shall be read to apply this 20 percent limitation to petroleum violation to escrow funds used under this part.

(c) Demonstrations of commercially available conservation techniques and technologies are permitted, and are not subject to the prohibitions of § 420.12(a) (1) and (6), or to the limitation on equipment purchases of § 420.12(b).

(d) A State may use regular or revolving loan mechanisms to fund SECP services which are consistent with this part and which are included in the State's approved SECP plan. The State may use loan repayments and any interest on the loan funds only for activities which are consistent with this Part and which are included in the State's approved SECP plan.

(e) A State may use funds under this part to promote the purchase and installation of equipment and materials for energy conservation building retrofits or weatherization, subject to the following terms and conditions:

(1) Such use must be included in the State's approved plan or supplemental plan and, if funded by petroleum violation escrow funds, must be consistent with any judicial or administrative terms and conditions imposed upon State use of such funds;

(2) A State may use for these purposes no more than 33 percent of all funds allocated by the State to SECP in any given year, regardless of source;

(3) Subject to the restrictions of this part, State and local government buildings, as defined in § 420.2, are eligible for energy conservation building retrofits and weatherization under this section;

(4) Funds must be used to supplement and no funds may be used to supplant energy conservation building retrofits or weatherization activities under the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons, 42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq., or the Institutional Conservation Program, 42 U.S.C. 6371 et seq., nor to find operation and maintenance activities in any building which is eligible for assistance under the Institutional Conservation Program;

(5) Subject to paragraph (e)(6) of this section, a State may use a variety of financial incentives to fund purchases and installation of materials and equipment under this paragraph including, but not limited to, regular loans, revolving loans, loan buy-downs, and rebates;

(6) The following mechanisms are not allowed for funding the purchase and installation of materials and equipment under this paragraph:

(i) Direct purchases of goods and services by a State or contractors or others working for the State;

(ii) Rebates for more than 50 percent of the total cost of purchasing and installing materials and equipment (States shall set appropriate restrictions and limits to insure most efficient use of rebates);

(iii) Grants;

(iv) Loan guarantees; and

(v) Any otherwise allowable funding mechanism if the contract for the purchase and installation of materials and equipment was entered into before December 27, 1988; and

(7) A State may use loan repayments, including any interest, only for activities which are included in the State's approved SECP plan or supplemental plan.

[48 FR 39360, Aug. 30, 1983, as amended at 53 FR 52395, Dec. 27, 1988]

§ 420.13 Administration of financial assistance.

Grants provided under this part shall comply with applicable law including, but without limitation, the requirements of:

(a) Office of Management and Budget Circular A-97, entitled "Rules and Regulations Permitting Federal

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Subpart B-Test Procedures

430.21 Purpose and scope.

430.22 Test procedures for measures of

energy consumption.

430.23 Units to be tested.

430.27 Petitions for waiver and applica-

tions for interim waiver.

APPENDIX A TO SUBPART B OF PART 430-UNI-

FORM TEST METHOD FOR MEASURING THE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC RE-
FRIGERATORS AND ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR-
FREEZERS

APPENDIX A1 (ALTERNATIVE) TO SUBPART B

OF PART 430-UNIFORM TEST METHOD FOR

MEASURING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF

ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS AND ELECTRIC

REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS

APPENDIX B TO SUBPART B OF PART 430-UNI-

FORM TEST METHOD FOR MEASURING THE

ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF FREEZERS

APPENDIX B1 (ALTERNATIVE) TO SUBPART B OF

PART 430-UNIFORM TEST METHOD FOR

MEASURING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF

FREEZERS

APPENDIX C TO SUBPART B OF PART 430-UNI-

FORM TEST METHOD FOR MEASURING THE

ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF DISHWASHERS

APPENDIX D TO SUBPART B OF PART 430-UNI-
FORM TEST METHOD FOR MEASURING THE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF CLOTHES
DRYERS

APPENDIX E TO SUBPART B OF PART 430-UNI-
FORM TEST METHOD FOR MEASURING THE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF WATER HEATERS
APPENDIX F TO SUBPART B OF PART 430-UNI-
FORM TEST METHOD FOR MEASURING THE
ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF ROOM AIR CON-
DITIONERS

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For purposes of this part, words shall be defined as provided for in section 321 of the Act and as follows

"Act" means the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (Pub. L. 94-163), as amended by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (Pub. L. 95-619). "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Department of Energy.

"Automatic clothes washer" means a class of clothes washer which has a control system which is capable of scheduling a preselected combination of operations, such as regulation of water temperature, regulation of the water fill level, and performance of wash, rinse, drain, and spin functions without the need for user intervention subsequent to the initiation of machine operation. Some models may require user intervention to initiate these different segments of the cycle after the machine has begun operation, but they do not require the user to intervene to regulate the water temperature by adjusting the external water faucet valves.

"Btu" means British thermal unit, which is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit.

"Basic model" means all units of a given type of covered product (or class thereof) manufactured by one manufacturer and

(1) With respect to refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers, which have the same primary energy source, which have electrical characteristics that are essentially identical, and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics that affect energy consumption.

(2) With respect to freezers, which have the same primary energy source, which have electrical characteristics that are essentially identical, and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics that affect energy consumption.

(3) With respect to dishwashers, which have electrical characteristics which are essentially identical and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics which affect energy consumption.

(4) With respect to clothes dryers, which have the same primary energy source, which have electrical characteristics that are essentially identical, and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics that affect energy consumption.

(5) With respect to water heaters, which have the same primary energy source and which, with the exception of immersed heating elements, do not have any differing electrical, physical, functional characteristics that

or

affect energy consumption.

(6) With respect to room air conditioners, having essentially identical functional physical and electrical characteristics.

(7) With respect to unvented home heating equipment, having essentially identical functional physical and electrical characteristics.

(8) With respect to television sets, which have identical screen size, which have electrical characteristics that are essentially identical, and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics that affect energy consumption.

(9) With respect to kitchen ranges and ovens, whose major cooking components have the same primary energy source, which have electrical characteristics that are essentially identical, and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics that affect energy consumption.

(10) With respect to clothes washers, which have the same primary energy source, which have electrical characteristics that are essentially identical, and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics that affect energy consumption.

(11) With respect to humidifiers which have the same primary energy source, which have electrical characteristics that are essentially identical, and which do not have any differing physical of functional characteristics that affect energy consumption.

(12) With respect to dehumidifiers, which have electrical characteristics which are essentially identical and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics which affect energy consumption.

(13) With respect to central air conditioners, which have electrical characteristics which are essentially identical and which do not have any differing physical or functional characteristics that affect energy consumption.

(14) With respect to furnaces, having the same primary energy source and essentially identical functional, physical and electrical characteristics.

(15) With respect to vented home heating equipment, having the same primary energy source and essentially identical functional, physical and electrical characteristics.

"Baseboard electric heater" means an electric heater which is intended to be recessed in or surface mounted on walls at floor level, which is characterized by long, low physical dimensions, and which transfers heat by natural convection and/or radiation.

"Ceiling electric heater" means an electric heater which is intended to be recessed in, surface mounted on, or hung from a ceiling, and which transfers heat by radiation and/or convection (either natural or forced).

"Central air conditioner" means a product, other than a packaged terminal air conditioner, which is powered by single phase electric current, air cooled, rated below 65,000 Btu per hour, not contained within the same cabinet as a furnace, the rated capacity of which is above 225,000 Btu per hour, and is a heat pump or a cooling unit only.

"Central system humidifier" means a class of humidifier designed to add moisture into the air stream of a heating system.

"Clothes washer" means a consumer product designed to clean clothes, utilizing a water solution of soap and/or detergent and mechanical agitation or other movement, and must be one of the following classes: automatic clothes washers, semi-automatic clothes washers, and other clothes washers.

"Coil family" means a group of coils with the same basic design features that affect the heat exchanger performance. These features are the basic configuration, i.e., A-shape, V-shape, slanted or flat top, the heat transfer surfaces on refrigerant and air sides (flat tubes vs. grooved tubes, fin shapes), the tube and fin materials, and the coil circuitry. When a group of coils has all these features in common, it constitutes a "coil family."

"Color television set" means an electrical device designed to convert incoming broadcast signals into color television pictures and associated sound.

"Condenser-evaporator coil combination" means a condensing unit made by one manufacturer and one of several evaporator coils, either manufactured by the same manufacturer or another manufacturer, intended to be combined with that particular condensing unit.

"Condensing unit" means a component of a central air conditioner which is designed to remove the heat absorbed by the refrigerant and to transfer it to the outside environment, and which consists of an outdoor coil, compressor(s), and air moving device.

"Consumer product" means any article (other than an automobile, as defined in section 501(1) of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act) of a type:

(a) Which in operation consumes, or is designed to consume, energy; and

(b) Which, to any significant extent, is distributed in commerce for personal use or consumption by individuals; without regard to whether such article of such type is in fact distributed in commerce for personal use or consumption by an individual.

"Conventional cooking top" means a class of kitchen ranges and ovens which is a household cooking appliance consisting of a horizontal surface containing one or more surface units which include either a gas flame or electric resistance heating.

"Conventional oven" means a class of kitchen ranges and ovens which is a household cooking appliance consisting of one or more compartments intended for the cooking or heating of food by means of either a gas flame or electric resistance heating. It does not include portable or countertop ovens which use electric resistance heating for the cooking or heating of food and are designed for an electrical supply of approximately 120 volts.

"Conventional range" means a class of kitchen ranges and ovens which is a household cooking appliance consisting of a conventional cooking top and one or more conventional ovens.

"Convertible cooking appliance" means any kitchen range and oven which is a household cooking appliance designed by the manufacturer to be changed in service from use with natural gas to use with LP-gas, and vice versa, by incorporating in the appliance convertible orifices for the main gas burners and a convertible gas pressure regulator.

"Covered product" means a consumer product of a type specified in section 322 of the Act.

"Dehumidifier" means a self-contained, electrically-powered, mechanically-refrigerated device designed primarily to decrease the moisture content of the air in an enclosed space; it has a refrigerated surface (evaporator) onto which moisture from the air condenses, a refrigerating system that includes an electric motor, a fan for circulating air, and a drainage arrangement for collecting and/or disposing of the condensate.

"Direct vent system" means a system supplied by a manufacturer which provides outdoor air or air from an unheated space (such as an attic or crawl space) directly to a furnace or vented heater for combustion and for draft relief if the unit is equipped with a draft control device.

"Dishwasher" means a cabinet-like appliance which with the aid of water

and detergent, washes, rinses, and dries (when a drying process is included) dishware, glassware, eating utensils, and most cooking utensils by chemical, mechanical and/or electrical means and discharges to the plumbing drainage system.

“DOE" means the Department of Energy.

"Electric boiler" means an electrically powered furnace designed to supply low pressure steam or hot water for space heating application. A low pressure steam boiler operates at or below 15 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) steam pressure; a hot water boiler operates at or below 160 psig water pressure and 250° F. water temperature.

"Electric central furnace" means a furnace designed to supply heat through a system of ducts with air as the heating medium, in which heat is generated by one or more electric resistance heating elements and the heated air is circulated by means of a fan or blower.

"Electric clothes dryer" means a cabinet-like appliance designed to dry fabrics in a tumble-type drum with forced air circulation. The heat source is electricity and the drum and blower(s) are driven by an electric motor(s).

"Electric heater" means an electric appliance in which heat is generated from electrical energy and dissipated by convection and radiation and includes baseboard electric heaters, ceiling electric heaters, floor electric heaters, portable electric heaters, and wall electric heaters.

"Electric refrigerator" means a cabinet designed for the refrigerated storage of food at temperatures above 32° F., and having a source of refrigeration requiring single phase, alternating current electric energy input only. An electric refrigerator may include a compartment for the freezing and storage of food at temperatures below 32° F., but does not provide a separate low temperature compartment designed for the freezing and storage of food at temperatures below 8° F.

"Electric refrigerator-freezer” means a cabinet which consists of two or more compartments with at least one of the compartments designed for the refrigerated storage of food at temperatures above 32° F. and with at

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