Energy And Water Efficiency - Appliances And Products
Electricity Act, 1998
2022-11-25
Amending O. Reg. 509/18
Regulation is filed.
Ontario Regulation 540/22 made under the Electricity Act, 1998 Made: November 24, 2022 Filed: November 25, 2022 Published on e-Laws: November 28, 2022 Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 10, 2022 Amending O. Reg. 509/18 (ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY - APPLIANCES AND PRODUCTS) 1. (1) Paragraph 19 of section 1 of Schedule 1 to Ontario Regulation 509/18 is amended by striking out the portion before subparagraph i and substituting the following: 19.  Dehumidifier: . . . . . (2) Subparagraph 19 iii of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: a “dehumidifier” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2 Definitions, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, but limited to appliances or products whose primary purpose is to remove moisture from the air. (3) Subparagraph 34 iii of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standard, but limited to vending machines that are not refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines to which paragraph 35 applies. 2. (1) Section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 6.1.1  Water heater, gas-fired, storage, with an input rating of more than 22 kW (75,000 Btu/h), and with a tank volume of more than 530 L (140 US gallons): i.  Date of manufacture: July 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Appendix A to Subpart G, §431.106 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of commercial water heating equipment, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iii.  Scope of application: a stationary gas-fired water heater with an input rate of greater than 22 kW (75,000 Btu/h) and a nominal storage tank volume of more than 530 L (140 US gallons). iv.  Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: A.  Units marked for replacement installations only: thermal efficiency ≥ 80%. B.  Units not marked for replacement installations only: thermal efficiency ≥ 90%. (2) Paragraph 6.2 of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “paragraph 6.1 does not apply” in the portion before subparagraph i and substituting “paragraphs 6.1 and 6.1.1 do not apply”. (3) Subparagraph 6.2 iii of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: a stationary gas-fired water heater with an input rate of greater than 22 kW (75,000 Btu/h), nominal storage tank volume of at least 76 L (20 US gallons) and input rate of less than 309 watts per litre (4,000 Btu/h per US gallon) of stored water, to which paragraphs 6.1 and 6.1.1 do not apply. (4) Subparagraph 8.2 ii of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “ANSI Z21.10.3-2017 / CSA 4.3-2017, Gas-fired water heaters, volume III, storage water heaters with input ratings above 75,000 Btu per hour, circulating and instantaneous” and substituting “ANSI Z21.10.3 / CSA 4.3, Gas-fired water heaters, volume III, storage water heaters with input ratings above 75,000 Btu per hour, circulating and instantaneous, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured”. (5) Paragraph 11 of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “greater than 454 L or” in the portion before subparagraph i. (6) Subparagraphs 11 ii and iii of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted: ii.  Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart G, §431.106 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of commercial water heating equipment, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iii.  Scope of application: an electrically-heated water heater designed to supply domestic hot water that has a capacity of more than 50 L and an input of more than 12 kW and that heats and stores water within the appliance at a thermostatically controlled temperature for delivery on demand. For greater certainty, this includes appliances that provide both space heating and domestic hot water that meet this description, and storage water heaters that are part of a circulating water heater system. However, units with an input rating of 309 watts or more per litre (4,000 Btu/h or more per US gallon) of stored water are excluded. (7) Subparagraph 14 iii of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: a “pool heater” as defined by U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, but limited to pool heaters that are gas-fired. (8) Subparagraphs 16 ii, iii and iv of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted: ii.  Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (e) Water heaters, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iii.  Scope of application: a “water heater” as defined under U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, but limited to electrically-heated instantaneous-type units. iv.  Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart C, §430.32 (d) Water heaters, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. (9) Paragraph 17 of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “paragraph 18 does not apply” in the portion before subparagraph i and substituting “paragraphs 18 and 19 do not apply”. (10) Subparagraph 17 iii of section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: a stationary oil-fired water heater, designed to supply hot water, that has an input rate of more than 30.5 kW (105,000 Btu/h), to which paragraphs 18 and 19 do not apply. (11) Section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 19.  Water heater, oil-fired, storage, with an input rate of more than 30.5 kW (105,000 Btu/h), and with a tank volume of more than 530 L (140 US gallons): i.  Date of manufacture: July 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Appendix A to Subpart G, §431.106 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of commercial water heating equipment, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iii.  Scope of application: a stationary oil-fired water heater, designed to supply hot water, that has an input rate of more than 30.5 kW (105,000 Btu/h) and has a storage tank with nominal volume more than 530 L (140 US gallons). iv.  Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: thermal efficiency ≥ 80%. 3. (1) Sub-subparagraph 4.2 ii A of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: A.  For thermal efficiency: ANSI Z21.47 / CSA2.3, Gas-Fired Central Furnaces, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. (2) Subparagraph 6 i of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “or later” at the end and substituting “to June 30, 2023 inclusive”. (3) Subparagraph 8 i of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “or later” at the end and substituting “to June 30, 2023 inclusive”. (4) Section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 9.  Furnace, gas-fired, with an input of at least 65.92 kW (225,000 Btu/h): i.  Date of manufacture: July 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart D, §431.76, Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of commercial warm air furnaces, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iii.  Scope of application: a gas-fired “commercial warm air furnace” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart D, §431.72, Definitions concerning commercial warm air furnaces, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iv.  Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart D, §431.77, Energy conservation standards and their effective dates, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. (5) Subparagraph 28.2 ii of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “CAN/CSA P.4.1-15” and substituting “CSA P.4.1:21”. (6) Subparagraph 31 iii of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: a “vented room heater” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2 Definitions, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. (7) Subparagraph 33 iii of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: a “vented wall furnace” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2 Definitions, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. (8) Subparagraph 34 iii of section 1 of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: a “vented floor furnace” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2 Definitions, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. 4. (1) Subparagraph 5 i of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “or later” at the end and substituting “to June 30, 2023 inclusive”. (2) Section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 6.  Air conditioner or heat pump, central, less than 19 kW (65,000 Btu/h): i.  Date of manufacture: July 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: A.  for air-cooled air conditioners and heat pumps: for single-phase units, U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (m) Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. However, the heating season performance factor 2 — Region V (HSPF2 V) must be used instead of HSPF2 IV. For three-phase units, U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart F, §431.96 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of commercial air conditioners and heat pumps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. However, the heating season performance factor — Region V (HSPF V) must be calculated and used instead of HSPF IV. B.  for water-cooled or evaporatively-cooled air conditioners and for variable refrigerant flow multi-split units: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart F, §431.96 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of commercial air conditioners and heat pumps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iii.  Scope of application: an air conditioner or heat pump intended for air conditioning, space heating or both in buildings, that is either split-system and centrally ducted or single-package and ducted, unitary, electrically powered and that is rated below 19 kW (65,000 Btu/h) heating and cooling. For greater clarity, variable refrigerant flow multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps are as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart F, §431.92 Definitions concerning commercial air conditioners and heat pumps, limited to air-cooled units less than 19 kW (65,000 Btu/h). iv.  The prescribed efficiency standard or requirement is that set out in the following Tables: Table 1 Air-Cooled, Single-phase Units Column 1 Item Column 2 AC or Heat Pump Column 3 Single Package or Split- System Column 4 Application Column 5 Minimum SEER2 Column 6 Minimum HSPF2 V Column 7 Max. Average Off Mode Electrical Power Consumption (W) 1. AC Single package All, except space constrained 13.4 N/A 30 2. AC Single package Space constrained 11.7 N/A 30 3. AC Split-system All, except SDHV and space constrained 13.4 N/A 30 4. AC Split-system Space constrained 11.7 N/A 30 5. AC Split-system SDHV 12.0 N/A 30 6. HP Single package All, except space constrained 13.4 5.4 33 7. HP Single package Space constrained 11.9 5.0 33 8. HP Split-system All, except SDHV and space constrained 14.3 6.0 33 9. HP Split-system Space constrained, including TTW 11.9 5.0 33 10. HP Split-system SDHV 12.0 4.9 30 Table 2 Air-cooled, Three-Phase Units Column 1 Item Column 2 AC or Heat Pump Column 3 Single Package or Split- System Column 4 Minimum SEER Column 5 Minimum HSPF V 1. AC Split-system 13.0 N/A 2. HP Split-system 14.0 7.1 3. AC Single package 14.0 N/A 4. HP Single package 14.0 7.0 Table 3 Water-cooled Or evaporatively-cooled Air Conditioners and variable refrigerant flow multi-split Units Column 1 Item Column 2 Product Category Column 3 AC or Heat Pump Column 4 Minimum EER Column 5 Minimum HSPF V 1. Water- or evaporatively-cooled AC 12.1 N/A 2. Air-cooled VRF multi-split AC 13.0 N/A 3. Air-cooled VRF multi-split HP 13.0 6.7 (3) Subparagraph 8 ii of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “with respect to the integrated energy efficiency ratio (IEER), ANSI/AHRI 340/360-2007, Performance Rating of Commercial and Industrial Unitary Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump Equipment”. (4) Subparagraph 15 i of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “or later” at the end and substituting “to June 30, 2023 inclusive”. (5) Section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 15.1  Heat pump, liquid-to-water, geothermal, excluding direct expansion: i.  Date of manufacture: July 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: CAN/CSA C13256-2-01, Water-source heat pumps — Testing and rating for performance — Part 2: Water-to-water and brine-to-water heat pumps. iii.  Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standard, but limited to geothermal heat pumps. iv.  The prescribed efficiency standard or requirement is that set out in the following Table:   Type of Loop EER COPH Open-Loop 13.0 @ 10 °C 3.1 @ 10 °C Closed-Loop 11.5 @ 25 °C 2.8 @ 0 °C (6) Subparagraph 18 i of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “or later” at the end and substituting “to June 30, 2023 inclusive”. (7) Section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 19.  Heat pump, geothermal, liquid-to-air, excluding direct expansion: i.  Date of manufacture: July 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: CAN/CSA C13256-1-01, Water-source heat pumps — Testing and rating for performance — Part 1: Water-to-air and brine-to-air heat pumps. iii.  Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standard, but limited to geothermal heat pumps. iv.  The prescribed efficiency standard or requirement is that set out in the following Table:   Type of Loop COPC COPH Open-Loop 5.27 3.7 Closed-Loop 4.13 3.2 (8) Subparagraph 25 iii of section 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: iii.  Scope of application: a “Computer Room Air Conditioner” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart F, §431.92 Definitions concerning computer room air conditioners, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. 5. (1) Subparagraph 25 i of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “or later” at the end and substituting “to June 30, 2023 inclusive”. (2) Section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 25.1  Luminaire, used for roadway lighting: i.  Date of manufacture: July 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: A.  For HID-based roadway lighting luminaires: CAN/CSA C653-18, Photometric Performance of Roadway Lighting Luminaires. B.  For LED-based roadway lighting luminaires: ANSI/IES LM-79-19, Optical and Electrical Measurements of Solid-State Lighting Products; ANSI/IES LM-80-21, Measuring Maintenance of Light Output Characteristics of Solid-State Light Sources; and ANSI/IES TM-21-21, Projecting Long-Term Luminous, Photon, and Radiant Flux Maintenance of LED Light Sources. iii.  Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standards. iv.  Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: A.  When tested in accordance with CAN/CSA C653-18, Clause 4.7 and Tables 4 and 5 of the testing standard. B.  When tested in accordance with ANSI/IES LM-79-19, LM-80-21, and TM-21-21: 1.  luminaire efficacy: ≥ 100 lm/W, 2.  CRI: ≥ 70, 3.  lumen maintenance: L90 ≥ 36,000h, and 4.  lifetime: L70 ≥ 50,000h. (3) Subparagraph 28 i of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “or later” at the end and substituting “to June 30, 2023 inclusive”. (4) Section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 28.1  Luminaire, highmast: i.  Date of manufacture: July 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: A.  For HID-based highmast luminaires: CAN/CSA C811-13, Performance of Highmast Luminaires for Roadway Lighting. B.  For LED-based highmast luminaires: ANSI/IES LM-79-19, Optical and Electrical Measurements of Solid-State Lighting Products; ANSI/IES LM-80-21, Measuring Maintenance of Light Output Characteristics of Solid-State Light Sources; and ANSI/IES TM-21-21, Projecting Long-Term Luminous, Photon, and Radiant Flux Maintenance of LED Light Sources. iii.  Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standards. iv.  Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: A.  When tested in accordance with CAN/CSA C811-13, Clause 4.7 and Tables 3, 4, 7 and 8 of the testing standard. B.  When tested in accordance with ANSI/IES LM-79-19, LM-80-21, and TM-21-21: 1.  luminaire efficacy: ≥ 100 lm/W, 2.  CRI: ≥ 70, 3.  lumen maintenance: L90 ≥ 36,000h, and 4.  lifetime: L70 ≥ 50,000h. 6. (1) Sub-subparagraph 4 iv B of section 1 of Schedule 6 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “NEMA MG 1-2011” and substituting “NEMA MG 1-2016”. (2) Paragraph 8 of section 1 of Schedule 6 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: 8.  Transformer, liquid-filled, distribution, 60 Hz, rated at 10 to 833 kVA for single-phase or at 15 to 3000 kVA for three-phase, insulation class 34.5 kV and less: i.  Date of manufacture: January 1, 2023 or later. ii.  Testing standard: either, A.  U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart K, §431.193 Test procedures for measuring energy consumption of distribution transformers, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, or B.  CSA C802.1, Minimum efficiency values for liquid-filled distribution transformers, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iii.  Scope of application: If using the testing standard described in subparagraph ii A, a “liquid-immersed distribution transformer” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart K, §431.192 Definitions, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. If using the testing standard described in subparagraph ii B, the same scope as CSA C802.1, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. iv.  Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: if using the testing standard described in subparagraph ii A, U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart K, §431.196 Energy conservation standards and their effective dates, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured; or, if using the testing standard described in subparagraph ii B, the minimum efficiency values for distribution transformers specified in CSA C802.1, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. 7. Sub-subparagraph 1.1 ii B of section 1 of Schedule 8 to the Regulation is amended by, (a)  striking out “NFRC 100-2017” and substituting “NFRC 100-2020”; and (b)  striking out “NFRC 200-2017” and substituting “NFRC 200-2020”. Commencement 8. This Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2023 and the day this Regulation is filed.