DOE Appliance Certification Database (CCMS) Search, Export & Monitor

Search, bulk-export and monitor the US Department of Energy Compliance Certification Database (CCMS). It holds 4.7 million certified models across 73 product groups: central AC and heat pumps, furnaces, water heaters, refrigerators, dishwashers, washers and dryers, TVs, battery chargers, external power supplies, LED lamps, ceiling fans, faucets, showerheads, pumps, transformers, commercial refrigeration and more.

In the US, a covered product must be certified to DOE before it can be sold. This Actor turns the official database into clean JSON, CSV or Excel, with a readable specs object for each model. Look up brands and model numbers in bulk. Export a whole product group. Or schedule it to catch newly certified and removed models.

Data source: regulations.doe.gov/certification-data. These are public data with no account or key. The Actor uses the same public search service as the site's own "Download all data in CSV" button. It pages politely (1,000 records per request) and backs off when DOE throttles.

Who uses this

• Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot and DTC sellers of appliances, chargers, power adapters and lighting. Check before listing or importing that a supplier's model is actually certified. Undeclared or uncertified models get delisted and fined.
• Importers, distributors and sourcing agents. Vet a factory's catalog against DOE in one run.
• Competitive intelligence. See every model a competitor has certified, with efficiency specs, and get an alert when it certifies new ones. This is often an early signal of a launch.
• Utility rebate programs, HVAC contractors and energy consultants. Pull certified efficiency ratings (SEER2, AFUE, UEF, kWh/yr and others) for whole categories.
• Compliance consultants and test labs. Find the brands in a category and track what they certify. Lead lists of manufacturers.

Features

• Filter by product group (all 73, chosen from a dropdown), brand (case-insensitive and partial, e.g. anker finds ANKER and Anker), model numbers (basic or individual, with * and ? wildcards) and product class.
• Search all product groups at once by model number.
• Readable specs. DOE field names like Annual_Energy_Use__Kilowatt_Hours_Year__d become "Annual Energy Use (Kilowatt Hours Year)": 155.
• Waiver and exception-relief flags as booleans.
• Monitor mode. It outputs only models added since the last run, plus models removed (no longer certified). DOE publishes no certification dates, so a scheduled diff is the only way to see what is new.
• Bulk export of any size (a full group, e.g. 20,000 battery chargers), with automatic paging and retries.
• An optional raw record with the original DOE fields, and a raw Solr query option for power users.

Input

Field	Type	Description
product_groups	string[] (select)	DOE product groups. Empty means all groups.
brands	string[]	Brand names, case-insensitive contains.
model_numbers	string[]	Basic or individual model numbers. Wildcards * and ? work.
product_class	string	Product class or code description contains this text.
solr_query	string	Advanced: a raw Solr q.
max_items	integer	Cap on output. Default 1000; 0 means unlimited.
only_new	boolean	Monitor mode. Only added models (and removed ones, see below).
report_removed	boolean	In monitor mode, also output removed models. Default true.
state_store_name	string	Named store for monitor state. Use one per monitor.
include_raw_fields	boolean	Add the original DOE record.
request_delay_ms	integer	Delay between pages. Default 300 ms.

Example: check a supplier's models across all groups.

{ "model_numbers": ["A2633", "A2147*", "PB-*"], "max_items": 0 }

Example: weekly alert for new Anker and UGREEN charger certifications.

{ "product_groups": ["Battery Chargers Other Than UPSs", "External Power Supplies - Other Than Switch-Selectable and Adaptive Single-Voltage External Power Supplies"], "brands": ["anker", "ugreen"], "only_new": true, "max_items": 0 }

Output

There is one item per certified model record. See sample_output.json and sample_output_model_lookup.json. Below is a real record:

{
  "id": "11964380673",
  "productGroup": "Battery Chargers Other Than UPSs",
  "productType": "Battery Chargers Other Than UPSs",
  "brand": "Anker",
  "productClass": "Low-Energy, High-Voltage",
  "basicModelNumber": "A1119",
  "individualModelNumber": "A1119",
  "basedOnTestProcedureWaiver": false,
  "basedOnExceptionRelief": false,
  "specs": {
    "Unit Energy Consumption (UEC, kWh yr)": 10.758,
    "Nameplate Battery Voltage of Test Battery in Volts (V)": 18,
    "Nameplate Battery Energy Capacity of Test Battery in Watt Hours (Wh)": 90,
    "Maintenance Mode Power in Watts (Pm)": 0.04,
    "24 Hour Energy Consumption in Watt Hours (E24)": 147.21
  },
  "databaseUrl": "https://www.regulations.doe.gov/certification-data/CCMS-4-Battery_Chargers_Other_Than_UPSs.html",
  "source": "US Department of Energy - Compliance Certification Database (CCMS)",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T15:08:29.321Z"
}

In monitor mode, each item also has changeType: baseline (first run), added or removed.

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.002 per record ($2 per 1,000), with no per-run fee. A 50-model supplier check costs about $0.10. A full product group of 20,000 records costs about $40. A weekly monitor that finds 30 new models costs about $0.06.

Notes and limits

• The data are what manufacturers certified to DOE, published as is. They include current certified models only, with no submission dates.
• A model that does not appear may be listed under a different basic model number or brand spelling. Try wildcards.
• The database contains companies and product data only. It holds no personal data.
• Very large exports (for example, all 3.8M central AC records) take a while because of DOE rate limits. Filter by brand or class when you can.

FAQ

Isn't there a free DOE search? Yes, for single lookups in a browser, and DOE's AI connector returns up to 100 records per call. This Actor is for bulk and recurring work: thousands of models, many brands, scheduled change alerts, and API or CSV delivery into your own tools.