The Secretary shall define product classes broadly and, except as provided in paragraph (2), shall
designate as Best - in - Class Product models no more than the most
efficient 10 percent of the commercially available product models in a class that demonstrate, as a group, a distinctly greater energy efficiency than the average energy efficiency of that class of
appliances, equipment, or electronics.
Requires the Secretary to: (1)
designate product models of
appliances, equipment, or electronics as Best - in - Class Product models; (2) review best - in - class standards annually; and (3) establish monitoring and verification protocols for energy consumption tests for each product model and for sales of energy -
efficient models.