On July 1, 2021, in the United States, a number of states entered into force new regulations regarding the power consumption of various devices, including PCs. And because of them, residents of these states will now not be able to purchase some particularly productive models.
Dell has confirmed that it has discontinued Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 and R12 gaming PCs in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. There is no confirmation from other manufacturers yet, but the new regulations will clearly affect a fairly large number of products in this class.
California Energy Commission (CEC) Tier 2 regulations list PCs, laptops, workstations, and mobile gaming systems. The essence of the norms is in the introduction of a maximum limit for the use of kilowatt-hours per year for devices of different classes. On July 1, the second level regulations regarding the above devices came into force.
In addition, Level 3 regulations will enter into force on December 9, which will affect other classes of devices, including monitors with high frame rates. At the same time, taking into account global trends, it is quite possible that others will join the states indicated above, and in this case the US PC market will significantly transform.
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