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  • California regulates 'energy vampire' appliances

    12/15/2004 8:25:41 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 90 replies · 1,424+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/15/04 | Don Thompson - AP
    SACRAMENTO (AP) - Phone rechargers, TVs, CD players, VCRs, and all those other appliances you plug into the wall and forget were called "energy vampires" Wednesday by state regulators, who voted to make them more efficient. Proponents hope the world's first such regulations force others to the follow the lead of the most populous state. The new standards adopted by the California Energy Commission will be phased in starting in 2006. Televisions, videocassette recorders and digital video disc players use two- to 10 watts even when they're turned off. California is requiring them to use one- to three watts. Power...