Maryland Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Standards
Maryland's appliance efficiency standards, effective January 1, 2025, ensure that portable electric spas, air purifiers, faucets, showerheads, water closets, urinals, and water coolers sold or installed in the state meet minimum energy and water efficiency requirements. When you purchase or install these covered products, they must be certified as compliant with state standards, meaning you're guaranteed a baseline level of efficiency. You don't need to take action—compliance is the seller's and installer's responsibility—but you can report suspected violations of non-compliant products being sold to [email protected].
Installers of covered products (portable electric spas, air purifiers, commercial dishwashers, commercial steam cookers, faucets, residential ventilating fans, showerheads, spray sprinkler bodies, urinals, water closets, and water coolers) must ensure all products installed in Maryland are certified as compliant with COMAR 14.26.03 standards in the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships State Appliance Standards Database or other nationally recognized databases as of January 1, 2025. This requirement standardizes the market, eliminating low-efficiency options and allowing you to confidently offer compliant products to customers. Non-compliant products may only be sold or installed outside Maryland; violations can be reported to the Maryland Energy Administration.
HB 772, enacted May 29, 2022, established minimum energy and water efficiency standards for eleven product categories, with final regulations published in the Maryland Register on November 1, 2024, under COMAR 14.26.03. Effective January 1, 2025, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and installers must ensure covered products are certified in the State Appliance Standards Database or equivalent databases; manufacturers must label compliant products at point of sale. The program is enforced through MEA complaint procedures ([email protected]), allowing any party to report violations; enforcement targets manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and installers engaged in non-compliance in Maryland's market.
Program details
- Program ID
- 1564
- Last updated
- 7/14/2026
Eligibility
- Technologies
- other ee food service equipment
Program summary
NOTE: The federal government has imposed and updated appliance efficiency standards through several legislative acts,* and now has standards in place or under development for 30 classes of products. In general, states which had set standards prior to federal action may enforce their own standards until the federal standards take effect. States that had not set standards prior to federal action must use the federal standards. This summary addresses (1) state appliance standards that will be in place until the federal standards take effect and (2) products for which the federal government is not currently developing an efficiency standard. Much of the information in this summary comes from the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP). Visit the ASAP web site for comprehensive information about appliance standards.
On May 29, 2022, House Bill 772 was enacted as Chapter 564 of the Acts of the Maryland General Assembly of 2022. The legislation establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for eleven new products sold or installed in Maryland and establishes testing, certification, inspection, and enforcement procedures for ensuring compliance with established standards.
Ch. 564, Acts of 2022 establishes efficiency standards for the following products:
- Commercial dishwashers
- Commercial steam cookers
- Faucets
- Portable electric spas
- Residential ventilating fans
- Showerheads
- Spray sprinkler bodies
- Toilets
- Urinals
* These acts include the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987, the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
Contact & resources
- Contact email
- david.stjean1@maryland.gov
- Additional resources
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