Minnesota Session Laws - 1985, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1985 

                         CHAPTER 50-S.F.No. 625 
           An act relating to energy; delaying the effective date 
          of energy efficiency ratings for certain devices sold 
          in Minnesota; amending Minnesota Statutes 1984, 
          section 116J.19, subdivision 13.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1984, section 116J.19, 
subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 13.  No new room air conditioner or room air 
conditioner heat pump shall be sold or installed or transported 
for resale into Minnesota unless it has an energy efficiency 
ratio of 7.0 or higher.  Beginning January 1, 1985 1987, the 
energy efficiency ratio for room air conditioners with a 6,000 
Btu per hour rating or higher must be 7.8 or higher.  For 
purposes of this subdivision, "energy efficiency ratio" means 
the ratio of the cooling capacity of the air conditioner in 
British thermal units per hour to the electrical input in 
watts.  The cooling capacity, electrical input, and energy 
efficiency ratio of room air conditioners and room air 
conditioning heat pumps is determined by using the standard for 
room air conditioners, approved by the American National 
Standards Institute on April 20, 1982, known as ANSI/AHAM RAC-1, 
with ASHRAE 58-74 used in lieu of ASHRAE 58-65.  The method of 
sampling of room air conditioners shall be that required by the 
Department of Energy and found in 44 Federal Register 
22410-22418 (April 13, 1979).  A new room air conditioner having 
dual voltage ratings shall conform to the energy efficiency 
ratio requirements at each rating. 
    Approved April 29, 1985