S1228-2011 Actions

• Jan 11, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 1228A
• Jan 11, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Jan 6, 2011: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

S1228-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1228

TITLE OF BILL:

An act
to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set top
boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines

PURPOSE:

To insure that "set-top" boxes (cable, satellite, telecom or Internet
protocol devices i.e. cable boxes, DVRs, etc) maintain federal Energy
Star specifications by July 1, 2016.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section One of the bill amends the Public Service Law by adding new
section 231 to state that by July 1, 2014 all set top boxes provided
by cable, satellite, telecom or Internet protocol providers to
consumers located in New York shall comply with federal Energy Star
set top box product specifications promulgated by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of
Energy.

"Set- Top" box means a cable, satellite, telecom or Internet protocol
or other device, the primary function of which is to receive
television signals from a specific source and transmit or deliver
such signals to a consumer display and/or recording device.

EXISTING LAW:

Current law does not require cable and satellite providers to provide
energy saving set-box devices.

JUSTIFICATION:

Set-top box is a cable, satellite, Internet Protocol or other device
whose primary function is to receive television signals from a
specific source and deliver them to a consumer display and or
recording device, such as a television or DVR.

Set-top boxes that have earned the Energy Star rating are at least 30
percent more efficient than conventional models.

If all set-top boxes sold in the U.S. met the Energy Star
specification, the savings in energy costs will grow to about $2
billion each year and greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by the
equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions from about 2.5 million vehicles.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2010:  S.4237/A.7815 Died in Senate Energy & Telecom/Died in Assembly
Corporations
2009:  S.4237/A.7815 Died in Senate Energy & Telecom/Died in Assembly
Corporations


FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect on the 120th day after it shall have become
law.

S1228-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1228
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 6, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni
 cations
 

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set
 top  boxes  provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
 providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 231 to read as follows:

 

S 231. ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOXES. 1. NO LATER  THAN  JULY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  SIXTEEN, ALL SET TOP BOXES PROVIDED BY CABLE, SATELLITE, TELE
 COM OR INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CONSUMERS LOCATED  IN  THE
 STATE SHALL COMPLY WITH FEDERAL ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOX PRODUCT SPECIFI
 CATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
 2.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "ENERGY STAR" MEANS A DESIG
 NATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR DEPART
 MENT OF ENERGY INDICATING THAT A PRODUCT  MEETS  THE  ENERGY  EFFICIENCY
 STANDARDS  SET  FORTH  BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENERGY STAR
 PROGRAM; AND
 (B) "SET TOP BOX" MEANS A CABLE, SATELLITE, TELECOM OR INTERNET PROTO
 COL OR OTHER DEVICE, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF WHICH IS TO  RECEIVE  TELE
 VISION  SIGNALS  FROM  A  SPECIFIC  SOURCE  AND TRANSMIT OR DELIVER SUCH
 SIGNALS TO A CONSUMER DISPLAY AND/OR RECORDING DEVICE.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00667-01-1

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