DOCKETED  
Docket Number:  22-AAER -02 
Project Title:  Repeal of Portable Luminaires  
TN #:  247746  
Document Title:  Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR)  
Description:  Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) for the Repeal of Portable 
Luminaires Rulemaking. *** This Document Supersedes 
TN#247378 ***.  
Filer:  Carlos Baez  
Organization:  California Energy Commission  
Submitter Role:  Commission Staff   
Submission Date:  11/28/2022 3:35:48 PM  
Docketed Date:  11/28/2022  
 STATE OF CALIFORNIA — NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY Gavin Newsom, Governor  
 
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION  
715 P Street 
Sacramento, California 95814  
energy.ca.gov
 
CEC -057 (Revised 1/21)
INITIAL STATEMENT OF REASONS 
2022 Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking for  Repeal of Portable Luminaires Regulations  
Docket No. 22-AAER -02 
 
 
INTRODUCTION  
The California Energy Commission (CEC) proposes  to repeal  existing regulations for 
portable luminaires  in the California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 20 (“the Proposed 
Action”), after considering all comments, objections, and recommendations, regarding the Proposed Action.  
PROBLEM STATEMENT  
The Warren- Alquist Act establishes the CEC as California’s primary energy policy and 
planning agency. Sections 25213, 25218(e), and 25402(c) of the Public Resources 
Code mandates and/or authorizes that the CEC adopt rules and regulations, as necessary, to reduce the inefficient consumption of energy and water by prescribing efficiency standards and other cost -effective measures, including energy consumption 
and performance labeling,  for appliances whose use requires a significant amount of 
energy or water statewide.  
One of the ways the CEC satisfies this requirement is through the Appliance Efficiency Regulations, Title 20, sections 1601 through 1609, which contain definitions, test 
procedures, efficiency standards, and marking and certification requirements for state 
and federally regulated appliances. Further, the regulations require that appliance 
manufacturers certify to the CEC that their products meet all applicable state and 
Federal  appliance efficiency regulations before their products can be included in the 
CEC’s Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS) of appliances approved to be sold or offered for sale within California.  
On December 3, 2008, the CEC adopted changes to Appliance Efficiency Regulations (CCR, Title 20, sections 1601 through 1609) to include new appliance efficiency 
regulations for portable luminaires. These regulations included definitions, testing 
requirements, certification requirements, and energy performance standards for portable luminaires. In addition, portable luminaires  were required to comply with the  
2 general marking and certification requirements that are required for all regulated 
appliances.  
A subsequent lighting regulation, adopted on January 27, 2016, concer ned “state -
regulated light-emitting diode (LED) lamps” and “state- regulated small diameter 
directional lamps .” The changes included new definitions and testing, marking, 
certification, and performance requirements for these two appliance types. Regulated lamps that are compliant  with these standards must meet minimum energy efficiency 
and quality standards, such as meeting a minimum color rendering index (CRI) requirement. The definitions of “ state -regulated LED lamps ” and “state -regulated small 
diameter directional lamps ” cover most common types of LED  lamps and directional 
lamps.   
Another r elevant lighting r ulemaking, adopted on November 3, 2019,  established 
performance standards for “general service lamps.” The scope of a “general service lamp” is broad and covers almost all types of light bulbs that are not already covered under another appliance type in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations. This scope includes most incandescent lamps, halogens, LEDs, and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs ). The performance standard for general service lamps requires the lamp to have 
an efficacy of 45 lumens per watt. This standard is effectively impossible to meet for lamps that use incandescent technology. As a result, most incandescent lamps cannot be sold in California since they do not comply with the performance standard.  
On December 9, 2020, the CEC adopted a rulemaking which included several amendments to the Appliance Efficiency Regulations. One of the adopted changes was the removal of the minimum lumen output performance requirement for portable 
luminaires. No o ther requirements or information related to portable luminaires was 
changed as part of this rulemaking.  
As a result of these subsequent rulemakings, the CEC’s portable luminaires  
performance standards have become both redundant and unnecessary. Therefore, the CEC now proposes to completely remove the “portable luminaire” appliance type from 
the Appliance Efficiency Regulations  for the following reasons.  
First, this appliance type is now obsolete given current definitions for other lighting products, including state- regulated LEDs, small diameter directional lamps, and general 
service lamps.  
Second, as a natural consequence of overlapping scope and definitions, the existing performa nce standards for portable luminaires are now redundant as well. The energy 
savings goals for those performance standards are now accomplished by standards for broader categories of lighting products such as state -regulated LEDs, small diameter 
directional  lamps, and general service lamps.  
Third and finally, t he lighting market has transformed in such a way that all lighting 
products installed in portable luminaires being sold or offered for sale in California are 
energy efficient even without the portable luminaires  regulations in place.  3 Therefore, the CEC is now proposing to completely remove the portable luminaires  
appliance type from the Appliance Efficiency Regulations as the existing performance 
standards have become redundant. The original energy saving goals of the performance standards are now accomplished though more recent regulations regarding other lighting products (“state -regulated LED and small diameter directional 
lamps” and “general service lamps”). The lighting market has transformed in such a way that all lighting products installed in portable luminaires being sold or offered for sale in California are energy efficient even without the portable luminaires  regulations in place.  
PURPOSE  
The purpose is to completely remove the portable luminaires  appliance type from the 
Appliance Efficiency Regulations as the existing performance standards have become 
redundant. The original energy saving goals of the performance standards are now accompli shed though more recent regulations regarding other lighting products (“state-
regulated LED and small diameter directional lamps” and “general service lamps”). The lighting market has transformed in such a way that all lighting products installed in portable luminaires being sold or offered for sale in California are energy efficient even without the portable luminaires  regulations in place.  
BENEFITS 
As a result, this rulemaking will have no impact on the energy performance of portable 
luminaires  because the lighting products they contain are already regulated by other 
broader and more up- to-date regulations. Repealing portable luminaires as an 
appliance type will therefore remove unnecessary and duplicative regulations, helping to clarify and streamline the CEC’s Appliance Efficiency Regulations , and thereby 
benefitting regulated parties and the general public.  
STATEMENT OF SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND NECESSITY  
SECTION 1601. SCOPE  
SPECIFIC PURPOSE  
The specific purpose of delet ing portable luminaries from the scope of the Appliance 
Efficiency Regulations  is to remove regulations that have become unnecessary and 
duplicative.  
NECESSITY 
 
Section 1601(n):  
It is necessary to delete “…portable luminaries…” from subsection (n) as the CEC  is 
proposing to remove portable luminaires as a regulated appliance type in the Appliance 
Efficiency Regulations. The main goal of these regulations was to encourage the use of 
energy efficient lighting in a portable luminaires . The intended goals of the portable 4 luminaires  performance regulations are now accomplished through the more recent 
lighting regulations in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations  and these regulations 
regarding portable luminaires are no longer necessary . 
SECTION 1602. DEFINITIONS 
SPECIFIC PURPOSE  
The specific purpose of delet ing all definitions related to portable luminaires  and 
delet ing associat ed documents incorporated by reference is  to remov e regulations that 
have become unnecessary and duplicative. 
NECESSITY 
Section 1602(n):  
It is necessary to delete all the definitions related to only  portable luminaires because 
the CEC is proposing to remove the requirements for portable luminaires from the 
Appliance Efficiency Regulations. R emoval  of these definitions  will not impact any other 
regulated appliance type. Those definitions proposed for removal are:  
“Art work lumina ire” 
“Dedicated fluorescent lamp socket”  
“E12 screw -based socket”  
“E17 screw -based socket”  
“E26 screw -based socket”  
“LED array or module”  
“LED lamp, integrated”  
“LED lamp, non- integrated”  
“LED luminaire”  
“LED package”  
“Luminaire efficacy”  
“Portable floor luminaire”  
“Portable luminaire”  
“Portable table luminaire”  
“Wall mount adjustable luminaire”  
 Also, the definition for “General lighting application”  is proposed to be removed since it 
is duplicative. This definition is found in both S ectio ns 1602(a) and 1602( n). This 
definition is appropriately listed in S ection 1602(a), which is for general definitions, since 
the term  applies to multiple appliance types. There is no need for it to also be listed in 
Section 1602(n). Therefore, it is proposed to be removed from S ection 1602(n) . 
 
Document s Incorporated by Reference 
It is necessary  to delete the following documents incorporated by reference as they are 
related to only the definitions listed above that are being deleted and no longer 
necessary :  
• IES LM -79-08 Approved Method: Electrical and Photometric Measurements of 
Solid-State Lighting Products.  5 • ANSI/NFPA 70 (2002) National Electrical Code 
• UL 588 Standard for Seasonal and Holiday Decorative Products  
  
SECTION 1604. TEST METHODS  
SPECIFIC PURPOSE  
 The specific purpose of delet ing the testing requirements for portable luminaries  is to 
remove regulations that have become unnecessary and duplicative .  
NECESSITY  
Section 1604(n)(4)  
It is necessary to delete the testing requirements for portable luminaries as the CEC is proposing to remove all  requirements for portable luminaries from the Appliance 
Efficiency Regulations.  
 
Documents Incorporated by Reference 
It is necessary to delete the following documents incorporated by reference as these documents are only referenced in  the existing testing requirements for portable 
luminaires, which are being deleted. Therefore, listing these documents in the Documents Incorporated by Reference section  is no longer required.  
• 
California Joint Appendix JA8 – 2008 Testing of Light Emitting Diode Light 
Sources 
• IES LM -79-08 Approved Method: Electrical and Photometric Measurements of 
Solid- State Lighting Products.  
 
It is necessary to update the California Energy Commission address as they are no 
longer located at the 1516 Ninth Street address.   
 SECTION 1605.3. STATE STANDARDS FOR NON- FEDERALLY REGULATED 
APPLIANCES.  
SPECIFIC PURPOSE  
 The specific purpose of  delet ing all the performance standards  for portable luminaries 
and mak ing non-substantive changes  is to remove regulations that have become 
unnecessary and duplicative.  
NECESSITY 
Section 1605.3 (n) (3) 
It is necessary to remove the portable luminaire performance standards from the Appliance Ef ficiency Regulations as these standards have become redundant  and 
outdated. The original energy saving goals of the performance standards are now accomplished though more recent regulations regarding other lighting products. The lighting market has transformed in such a way that portable luminaires being sold in California are energy efficient even without the portable luminaires  regulations in place.  
 6 It is also necessary to renumber the remaining items in S ection 1605.3(n)  as a result of 
the removal of the portable luminaires  performance standards.  
 
It is also necessary to delete UL 153 Portable Luminaires as a document incorporated 
by reference because this document is only referenced in the existing standards for 
portable luminaires, which are being deleted . 
 SECTION 1606. FILING BY MANUFACTURERS; LISTING OF APPLIANCES IN DATABASE SPECIFIC PURPOSE  
 The specific purpose of  delet ing all the certification requirements for portable luminaries 
and mak ing non-substantive changes  is to remove regulations that have become 
unnecessary and duplicative.  
NECESSITY 
Section N of Table X :  
State law (Public Resources Code section  25402(c)(1)) requires manufacturers to certify  
to the CEC that their appliances comply with the applicable efficiency standards  before 
they are sold or offered for sale in the state. The A ppliance Efficiency Regulations require 
manufacturers to provide specified information to the CEC ’s Modernized Appliance 
Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS) . MAEDbS is used by ma nufacturers and 
maintained by the CEC to list the regulated appliances authorized to be sold or offered for 
sale in California. This helps the CEC , retailers,  and consumers verify compliance with 
applicable Federal  and state standards  and other requirement s.  
 
It is necessary to delete “Portable Luminaires” as an appliance type in Table X, along 
with its associated data fields, since the appliance type is being removed from the 
scope of the Appliance Efficiency Regulations, making certification no longer necessary.  
 
Exceptions  to Section  1606(a)(4)(A)4: 
It is necessary to delete Item 6 as it relates to portable luminaries which are being 
removed from  the A ppliance Efficiency  Regulations. It is also necessary to reformat the 
remaining exceptions section due to the deletion of item 6 and add a missing period to 
the section reference in the first paragraph.  
TECHNICAL, THEORETICAL, OR EMPIRICAL STUDIES, REPORTS, OR SIMILAR 
DOCUMENTS.  
The CEC relied upon input from various stakeholders, subject matter experts, and 
interested parties that provided information, feedback, and subject matter expertise.  
The CEC also relied upon the following document:  
Staff Paper: Proposed Repeal of Portable Luminaries.CEC -400-2022- 005. October  
2022.  7 CONSIDERATION OF REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT 
WOULD LESSEN ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS  
No reasonable alternatives to the proposed regulations have been proposed that would 
lessen any adverse impact on small businesses or that would be less burdensome and equally effective in achieving the purposes of the regulations in a manner that achieves 
the purposes of the statute being implemented.  
The CEC is proposing to remove the portable luminaires appliance type from the 
Appliance Efficiency Regulations as the existing performance standards have become redundant. The original energy saving goals of the performance standards are now accomplished though more recent regulations regarding other lighting products. The lighting market has transformed in such a way that portable luminaires being sold in California are energy efficient even without the portable luminaires  regulations in place.  
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES OR EQUIPMENT  
The proposed regulatory changes  do not mandate proprietary technology or equipment.  
ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS/ASSESSMENT   
The Creation or Elimination of Jobs within the State of California  
The proposed regulatory changes  would repeal portable luminaires as a regulated 
appliance type in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations. The repeal of the requirements will not impact the sale of portable luminaires in California. Portable luminaires, along with the California regulation compliant lamps used with them, can continue to be sold.  
Ineffic ient portable luminaires are already eliminated from the market due to other 
appliance regulations  for lighting products. Given both overlapping regulations and the 
current state of the market, the existing requirements have negligible (if any) impact on the number of portable luminaires sold in the state, and removal of these requirements 
will not cause any changes to the way these products are designed. Therefore, the CEC 
has determined jobs will not be created or eliminated as a result of the proposed regulations.  
The Creation of New Businesses or the Elimination of Existing Businesses within the 
State of California  
The proposed regulatory changes  would repeal portable luminaires as a regulated 
appliance type in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations. The repeal of the requirements will not impact the sale of portable luminaires in California. Portable luminaires, along with the California regulation compliant  lamps used with them, can continue to be sold.  
Inefficient portable luminaires are already eliminated from the market due to other 
appliance regulations  for lighting products. Given both overlapping regulations and the 
current state of the market, the existing requirements have negligible (if any) impact on the number of portable luminaires sold in the state, and removal of these requirements will not cause any changes to way these products are designed. Therefore, the CEC has determined that businesses will not be created or eliminated as a result of the proposed regulations.  8 The Expansion of Businesses Currently Doing Business within the State of California 
The proposed regulatory changes  would repeal portable luminaires as a regulated 
appliance type in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations. The repeal of the requirements 
will not impact the sale of portable luminaires in California. Portable luminaires, along 
with the California regulation compliant  lamps used with them, can continue to be sold. 
Inefficient portable luminaires are already eliminated from the market due to other 
appliance regulations  for lighting products. Given both overlapping regulations and the 
current state of the market, the existing requirements have negligible (if any) impact on the number of portable luminaires sold in the state, and removal of these requirements will not cause any changes to way these products are designed. Therefore, the CEC has determined that the regulations will not result in the expansion of business currently doing business within the state.  
Benefits of the Regulations to the Health and Welfare of California Residents, Worker 
Safety, and the State’s Environment  
The benefits of repealing the portable luminaires regulations will be  eliminating 
redundant and outdated regulations thereby enhancing the clarity and regulatory certainty of the regulations.   
The proposed regulations will not adversely impact  the health and welfare of California 
residents, worker safety, or the state’s environment .  
Results of the Economic Impact Assessment/Analysis  
The CEC concludes that:  (1) the proposal will not create jobs within California, (2) that 
the proposal will not eliminate jobs within California, (3) the proposal will not create new 
businesses in California, (4) the proposal will not eliminate existing businesses within 
California, and (5) the proposal will not result in the expansion of businesses currently 
doing business within the state.  
DUPLICATION OR CONFLICTS WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS  
The CEC has determined that there are no existing comparable Federal  regulations or 
statutes.  
EVIDENCE SUPPORTING FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ECONOMIC 
IMPACT AFFECTING BUSINESS  
The CEC has made an initial determination that the proposed regulatory changes  will not 
have a statewide adverse economic impact directly affecting business, including the ability of California businesses to compete with businesses in other states.  
Because there will be no changes to portable luminaires on the market as a result of repealing the regulations, no impacts to businesses are expected. 
 
  9 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION  
 
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nquiries concerning all aspects of the rulemaking process, including the substance of 
the proposed regulatory changes  or any other information upon which the rulemaking is 
based, should be directed to Corrine Fishman at corrine. fishman@energy.ca.gov .