# Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 4: Restrictions on sale or installation

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## Section

- **Citation:** Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 4
- **Heading:** Restrictions on sale or installation
- **Jurisdiction:** Massachusetts
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25B / Section 4

## Text

Section 4. No new appliance covered by clauses (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 3 may be sold, offered for sale or installed in the commonwealth on or after January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, unless the energy efficiency of the appliance meets or exceeds the standards established pursuant to this act. No new lamp covered by clauses (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 3 shall be installed in the commonwealth in a building other than a residence on or after January first, nineteen hundred and ninety, unless the energy efficiency of the lamp meets or exceeds the standards established by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter. The commissioner may, through regulation, establish exemptions for certain lamps used for specified purposes.

Section 4. No new appliance covered by clauses (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 3 may be sold, offered for sale or installed in the commonwealth on or after January first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, unless the energy efficiency of the appliance meets or exceeds the standards established pursuant to this act.

No new lamp covered by clauses (a) to (e), inclusive, of section 3 shall be installed in the commonwealth in a building other than a residence on or after January first, nineteen hundred and ninety, unless the energy efficiency of the lamp meets or exceeds the standards established by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter. The commissioner may, through regulation, establish exemptions for certain lamps used for specified purposes.

## Nearby sections

- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 1 Short title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S1.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 2 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S2.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 3 Application of chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S3.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 4 Restrictions on sale or installation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S4.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 5 Updating of energy efficiency standards; revision; regulations to facilitate the deployment of flexible demand technologies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S5.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 6 Testing procedures](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S6.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 7 Certification of compliance; labeling products to connote compliance with efficiency requirements of chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S7.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 8 Inspections of distributors or retailers; violations; penalties](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S8.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 9 Superseding federal statutes, etc.; duties of commissioner; withdrawal, repeal or otherwise void of superseding federal statutes, etc.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S9.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25B, sec. 10 Study and evaluation of effectiveness of energy efficiency; report and recommendations on efficiency standards; regulations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PI_TII_C25B_S10.md)

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