Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Subtitle 26 - MARYLAND ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 14.26.03 - Maryland Energy Efficiency Standards
Section 14.26.03.03 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 14.26.03.03
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 25, December 15, 2023
A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Act" means the Energy Efficiency
Standards Act.
(2) "Administration"
means the Maryland Energy Administration.
(3) Commercial Refrigeration Cabinet.
(a) "Commercial refrigeration cabinet" means
a refrigerator, freezer, or refrigerator-freezer, designed by the manufacturer
for the purpose of storing food products, ice, or other perishable items at
specified temperatures, which may be configured with either solid or
transparent doors as a:
(i) Reach-in
cabinet;
(ii) Pass-through
cabinet;
(iii) Roll-in cabinet;
or
(iv) Roll-through
cabinet.
(b) "Commercial
refrigeration cabinet" does not include a:
(i) Product with 85 cubic feet or more of
internal volume;
(ii) Walk-in
refrigerator or walk-in freezer;
(iii) Consumer product regulated under the
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 ( Public Law 100-12 );
or
(iv) Refrigerator, freezer, or
refrigerator-freezer designed and marketed exclusively for medical, scientific,
or research purposes.
(4) "Distributor of new products" means a
person:
(a) Whose primary business is the
wholesale distribution of commercial goods for resale;
(b) Who maintains an inventory of commercial
goods for resale;
(c) Who has the
right to sell or distribute commercial goods in Maryland for resale to
retailers or other resellers or to an industrial or commercial manufacturer;
and
(d) Who conducts substantial
business in Maryland.
(5) "Installer" means a person engaged in the
attachment of a product that the installer has either purchased or been
contracted to attach to a structure by means of the electrical, plumbing, or
ventilation systems.
(6) "Large
packaged air-conditioning equipment" means packaged air-conditioning equipment
with at least 20 tons, but not more than 80 tons, of cooling
capacity.
(7) Low-Voltage Dry-Type
Distribution Transformer.
(a) "Low-voltage
dry-type distribution transformer" means a distribution transformer that:
(i) Has an input voltage of 600 volts or
less;
(ii) Is air-cooled;
and
(iii) Does not use oil as a
coolant.
(b)
"Low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer" does not include any of the
following transformers:
(i) An autotransformer
in which the primary and secondary windings are not electronically isolated and
at least a portion of the secondary voltage is derived from the primary
winding;
(ii) A drive transformer
designed only to provide power to operate an electronic variable speed motor
drive;
(iii) A grounding
transformer designed only to provide a system ground reference point;
(iv) A harmonic transformer designed to
supply a load with a higher than normal harmonic current level and that has a
k-rating of k-4 or greater;
(v) An
impedance transformer that has a specified impedance of less than 4 percent or
greater than 8 percent;
(vi) A
machine tool transformer designed only to provide power to machine tool
equipment;
(vii) A rectifier
transformer designed to provide power only to a rectifier circuit and that has
a nameplate rating for both the fundamental frequency power rating and the root
mean square (rms) power rating;
(viii) A regulating transformer with
automatic tap changers;
(ix) A
sealed and nonventilating transformer designed to prevent airflow through the
transformer;
(x) A testing
transformer designed only as part of, or to supply power to, electrical test
equipment;
(xi) A ups transformer
designed only as an integral part of an uninterruptible power system;
or
(xii) A welding transformer
designed only to provide power to welding equipment.
(8) "Manufacturer of new product"
means a person who makes new products by hand or machinery.
(9) "Maryland business" means a corporation
organized under the laws of the State.
(10) "Maryland consumer" means an individual
who:
(a) Is solicited to purchase, or who
purchases for personal, family, or household purposes; and
(b) Resides in Maryland.
(11) "New product" means any manufactured
good at the time when it is sold for consumption or use other than resale,
further processing, or manufacture for the first time.
(12) "Packaged air-conditioning equipment"
means air-conditioning equipment that is built as a package and shipped as a
whole to end-user sites.
(13)
"Pass-through cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or commercial freezer
with hinged or sliding doors on both the front and rear of the refrigerator or
freezer.
(14) Reach-in cabinet.
(a) "Reach-in cabinet" means a commercial
refrigerator, freezer, or refrigerator-freezer with hinged or sliding doors or
lids.
(b) "Reach-in cabinet" does
not include a roll-in or roll-through cabinet or a pass-through
cabinet.
(15) "Retailer"
means a person engaged in the business of making retail sales within the
State.
(16) "Roll-in cabinet" means
a commercial refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding doors that allow
wheeled racks of product to be rolled into the refrigerator or
freezer.
(17) "Roll-through
cabinet" means a commercial refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding
doors that allows wheeled racks of product to be rolled through the
refrigerator or freezer.
(18)
"Transformer" means a device consisting essentially of two or more coils of
insulated wire that transfers alternating current by electromagnetic induction
from one coil to another in order to change the original voltage or current
value.
(19) Unit Heater.
(a) "Unit heater" means a self-contained
fan-type heater that:
(i) Is designed to be
installed within the heated space; and
(ii) Includes an apparatus or appliance to
supply heat and a fan for circulating air over a heat exchange surface, all
enclosed in a common casing.
(b) "Unit heater" does not include a warm air
furnace as defined under the Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 ( 42 U.S.C.
§ 6311(11)(a) ).
(20) "Widely available in Maryland" means a
conforming product available in the State from three or more
manufacturers.
Regulations .03 adopted effective June 19, 2006 (33:12 Md. R. 998)
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