California Proposes Legislation to Ban Energy-consuming HDTVs

22nd September, 2009 by caitas
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As LA Times states it seems that the Energy Commission from California is undergoing discussions with the view to impose new regulations on the HDTV`s market which may lead to forbidding the selling of certain products. The Commission took this decision due to the huge numbers of electrical products which bias the state`s electrical network.

This proposal can be seen as an efficiency standard for cost-effective energy consumption. If this idea transforms in legislation, then just those products that are efficient from the energetic point of view will get the green light for selling starting with the year 2011. It also seems that by 2013, the California Energy Commission will enforce even tougher requirements from the HDTVs.

Friday has been chosen to be the date on which the Commission will make public and official the specifics of the energetic standard. This will allow a 45 days window for the people to give feedback on the proposal. The approval of the Energy Commission`s proposal is seems to be planed somewhere in November.

If the standard gets to be approved, it is believed it would reduce this state`s electricity expenditures by the amazing sum of 8.1 billion in just 10 years time. This will be achieved mainly because with fewer gadgets, the need for building new power plants to support the energetic consumption will decrease considerably.

Obviously, the Consumer Electronics Association stated that it is against this new proposal basing its arguments on the fact that adopting this legislation would lead to high prices for electronics. Moreover, this association also stated that the negative effects of the proposed legislation will lead to job cuts and will propagate in the economy of California. The report made by the Consumer Electronics Association also presents the fact that one in four HDTVs will not be according to the implemented legislation. By lowering the offer of HDTVs, clients would be prone to cross the state border and purchase the desired products from other states.

There are, however, manufacturers who claim that they could develop products according to the proposed legislation. They are the producers of flat-panel TVs who also state that they would not increase the prices of their new model in order to attain and retain customers. It also seems that in order to respect the imposed standards, TV`s that are 58 inches or smaller will be affected by this approval. Furthermore, it appears that plasma models will not be accepted on the market since they consume much more energy than the LCDs.


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  1. bobnnewmex says:
    November 11, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    Think out of state Internet based retailer’s will benefit?