2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 701 - Energy Policy
NRS 701.770 - Establishment of minimum standards for new appliances other than regulated appliances and methods for verifying compliance; effective date; prohibition on sale, lease, rental or installation for compensation of new noncompliant appliances; regulations.
1. The Director may adopt regulations establishing minimum standards of energy efficiency for new appliances other than regulated appliances and methods for verifying whether such an appliance complies with those standards upon a finding that the adoption of such standards would serve to promote energy or water conservation in this State and would be cost effective for consumers who purchase and use such new appliances.
2. The Director shall establish an effective date for regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 which must be not earlier than 365 days after the date on which the regulations are filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 233B.070.
3. On and after the effective date of any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1, a new appliance may not be sold, leased or rented in this State or offered for sale, lease or rent in this State unless it meets or exceeds the minimum standards of energy efficiency established by the Director pursuant to subsection 1.
4. Beginning 1 year after the effective date of any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1, it shall be unlawful to install for compensation in this State a new appliance that does not meet or exceed the standards of energy efficiency adopted by the Director pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2204)
