Limiting Power Used By Electronics

The federal government will unveil new standards to limit the amount of power used by consumer electronics while in standby mode. The standards would limit the amount of power consumed by televisions, CD players, computers and other electronic devices.

A July 2007 news release said standby power accounts for up to 10 per cent of an average household's yearly electricity consumption. It said the estimated savings of limiting standby power consumption would be equivalent to taking a large coal-fired power generating unit off-line.