Power regulations cut off select Dell PCs from certain U.S. states

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https://www.windowscentral.com/power-regulations-cut-select-dell-pcs-certain-us-states

What you need to know

• Certain Alienware machines consume a lot of energy.
• A number of U.S. states no longer tolerate such intense degrees of power consumption.
• As a result, Dell no longer ships certain products to select states.

Dell is no longer shipping certain PCs to a handful of U.S. states that have tightened their rules and regulations around computer power consumption. The headline and "what you need to know" box already summarize this, meaning you're 99% caught up on the current situation, but there are a few specific details to go over in the event you live in Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, California, or Colorado.

As reported by The Register, Dell is no longer shipping the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Gaming Desktop to select states in the U.S. If you attempt to place an order and ship the machines to any of the blacklisted zones, your order will be canceled.

In a statement to The Register, Dell clarified the situation. "[...] This was driven by the California Energy Commission (CEC) Tier 2 implementation that defined a mandatory energy efficiency standard for PCs – including desktops, AIOs and mobile gaming systems. This was put into effect on July 1, 2021. Select configurations of the Alienware Aurora R10 and R12 were the only impacted systems across Dell and Alienware."

At the time of the report, Acer commented that it was looking into the matter regarding its own products, and HP didn't provide a comment.

Power regulations cut off select Dell PCs from certain U.S. states

Better hope you're not an Alienware gamer in California.

www.windowscentral.com

Dell won't ship energy-hungry PCs to California and five other US states due to power regulations

Energy efficiency rules appear to be limiting the availability of gaming rigs

www.theregister.com

 

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Four of those five states are in the unbelievably hammered Western US. We on the East Coast have smoke issues from the Western fires 2000 miles/3200km away. We must start somewhere, why not with certain Dell products?

Has anyone taken a look at Cali lately?

Highway 395 reopens as Tamarack Fire comes under control

Containment of the Tamarack Fire along the California-Nevada border jumped from 4%...

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