Part 9: Energy Smart Appliances and Load Control Chapter 2: Energy Smart Appliances Section 239: Energy smart regulations
Section 239 provides the Secretary of State with the power to introduce "energy smart regulations," for ESAs in Great Britain, and to mandate they must comply with certain requirements.
	The section provides that energy smart regulations can be made for electric vehicle charge points or energy smart appliances that are used in connection with specific purposes, namely:
Refrigeration, e.g., fridges and freezers,
Cleaning, e.g., washing machines, dishwashers and tumble driers,
Battery storage e.g., home batteries,
Electrical heating or ventilation, e.g., air and ground source heat pumps and electric storage heaters, and
Air conditioning or ventilation.
	Technical requirements can be imposed on these appliances, including but not limited to ensuring that they do not undermine the stability of the electricity system, can respond to energy smart related signals from any load controller (defined in Chapter 3 below), and that communications and personal data used by energy smart appliances are secure.
	The section provides for the prohibition of the placing on the market of appliances which do not meet the requirements and provides for enforcement activities to be undertaken.
	This section also provides the Secretary of State with the power, through regulations, to define ‘relevant electronic communications network’, and to amend the list of specified purposes applicable to the energy smart regulations.
	The section sets out the economic actors to which the requirements will apply. Relevant economic actors include any person making, selling, importing or distributing energy smart appliances, or carrying out load control.