DOCKETED  
Docket Number:  22-AAER -02 
Project Title:  Repeal of Portable Luminaires  
TN #:  247750  
Document Title:  Document Relied Upon – Staff Paper for Repeal of Portable 
Luminaires  
Description:  Staff Paper for the Repeal of Portable Luminaires Rulemaking, 
a Document Relied Upon. *** This Document Supersedes 
TN#247380 ***  
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  
  
 California Energy Commission  
STAFF PAPER  
Proposed Repeal of Portable 
Luminaires Regulations  
Carlos Baez  
Appliances Branch 
Efficiency Division  
 
October  2022 |CEC -400- 2022-005 
 i 
 PREFACE 
On December 3,  2008,  the California Energy Commission (CEC) adopted changes to Appliance 
Efficiency Regulations (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, sections 1601 through 1609)  to 
include new  appliance efficiency regulations for portable luminaires . The new regulations  
included definitions, testing requirements , certification requirements, and energy performance 
standards  for portable luminaires . In addition, portable luminaires were required to comply 
with the general marking and certification requirements for all regulated appliances. 
On December 9, 2020, the CEC adopted a rulemaking that included numerous 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 other 
requirements or information related to portable luminaires was changed as part of this 
rulemaking. 
On April 26 , 2022 , the CEC issued an order instituting rulemaki ng to consider  repealing the 
existing regulations  for portable luminaires found in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations . The 
goal of the rulemaking is to remove all definitions  and testing, marking, certification, and 
performance requirements  related to portable luminaires. 
This paper contains the proposed r egulatory changes  for portable luminaires . 
  ii 
 ABSTRACT  
This paper discusses proposed repeal of portable luminaires from the Appliance Efficiency 
Regulations (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, sections 1601 to 1609). These proposed 
updates are part of the 2022  Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking (Docket #202 2-AAER -02). The 
proposed upda tes include, but are not limited to, the removal of all definitions and testing, 
marking, certification, and performance requirements for portable luminaires.  
If the proposed updates are adopted, there will be no changes to portable luminaires on the 
marke t. Therefore, statewide energy use and savings , and related environmental impacts and 
benefits , will not be affected. 
Keywords : Appliance efficiency regulations, appliance regulations, port able luminaires , 
compliance  
Please use the following citation for this report:  
Baez, Carlos . August 2022. Proposed Repeal of Portable Luminaires . California Energy 
Commission. Publication Number: CEC -400-2022- 005. 
  iii 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Page 
Preface  ............................................................................................................................. i 
Abstract  ........................................................................................................................... ii 
Table of Contents  ............................................................................................................. iii 
List of Tables  .................................................................................................................... iii 
Executive Summary  .......................................................................................................... 1 
CHAPTER 1: Background and Justification  ........................................................................... 3 
California Appliance Efficiency Standards  ..................................................... 3 
Subsequent Lighting Standards  ................................................................... 4 
Justification for Repeal of Portable Luminaires  .............................................. 4 
CHAPTER 2: Proposed Changes for Portable Luminaires  ....................................................... 6 
Scope  ....................................................................................................... 6 
Definitions  .................................................................................................  6 
Testing Requirements  ................................................................................ 6 
Performance Standards  .............................................................................. 7 
Marking Requirements  ................................................................................ 8 
Certification Requirements  .......................................................................... 8 
CHAPTER 3: Savings and Cost Analysis  ............................................................................. 10 
CHAPTER 4: Environmental Impacts ................................................................................. 11 
Energy Impacts  ........................................................................................ 11 
Environmental Impacts  .............................................................................. 11 
Glossary  ......................................................................................................................... 12 
APPENDIX A: Acronyms..................................................................................................... 1 
 
LIST OF TABLES  
Page 
Table N -3: Minimum Requirements for Portable LED Luminaires, and Portable Luminaires with 
LED Light Engines with Integral Heat Sink  .......................................................................... 7 
 
 
  1  
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  
This paper presents the California Energy Commission  (CEC)  staff analysis of the proposed 
repeal of portable luminaires  from the Appliance Efficiency Regulations.  
CEC staff  proposes to completely remove the portable luminaire appliance type from the 
Appliance Efficiency Regulations. The goal of th e rulemaking is to remove all definitions and 
testing, marking, certification, and performance requirements related to portable luminaires. 
The existing performance standards have become redundant. The original energy saving goals of the performance standa rds are no w 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  efficien t even without the portable luminaire 
regulati ons in place. 
  2  3 CHAPTER 1: 
Background and Justification  
California Appliance Efficiency Standards  
Portable luminaires  have been a regulated appliance type in the Title 20 Appliance Efficiency 
Regulations since January 1, 2010 (Rulemaking 08- AAER -01A adopted on December 3,  2008). 
The term “portable luminaire”  covers lighting products like desk lamps, table lamps, floor 
lamps, and other similar lights with a flexible cord. The performance standards for portable 
luminaires include five compliance pathways, requiring the product to be: 
1. Equipped  with a fluorescent lamp socket and ballast . 
2. Equipped with GU24 socket that i s not rated for use with incandescent lamps . 
3. A light-emitting diode  (LED) luminaire and comply with specific performance standards . 
4. Packaged and sold with a LED or  compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb (“bulb -in-box”) 
(only specific bases) . 
5. Equippe d with non -screw -based, less than 100W halogen lamp sockets and a dimmer.  
In addition, there is a zero standby power performance standard for all portable luminaires 
that have an internal power supply. The standby power must be zero when the product is 
turned off.  
These performance  standards were to encourage the use of energy -efficient lighting in a 
portable luminaire. Four of the five compliance  pathways listed above were designed to 
discourage or prevent the use of  screw -based incandescent lamps  (light bulbs), which were 
popular at the time.  Of the five compliance pathways, the “bulb -in-box” pathway is most used 
by manufacturers. According to data from the Modernized Appliance Effic iency Database 
System (MAEDbS), about 88  percent  of all portable luminaires certified in MAEDbS have used 
this compliance pathway. Manufacturers are required to identify which pathway they chose 
when they self -certify their portable luminaires to MAEDbS.  
The “bulb-in-box” compliance pathway is found in California Code of Regulations  (CCR), Title 
20, section 1605.3(n)(3)(A)4. It requires that an LED or CFL lamp be packaged with the 
portable  luminaire if the product uses E12, E17, or  E26 base sockets (one lamp per socket) . In 
addition, the LED or CFL lamp that is packaged with the product must be compliant under its 
own re spective appliance standards. LED lamps are regulated as “state -regulated LED lamps” 
and CFLs are regulated as “general service lamps”  under t he Appliance Efficiency Regulations. 
As a result of this  “bulb- in-box” standard,  compliant portable luminaires being sold in California 
with E12, E17, or E26 base sockets come with  LED or CFL lamps  in the package . 
Also adopted in 2008 were testing requirements for portable luminaires  that exist in CCR, Title 
20, section 1604(n) (4). For portable luminaires that use LED lamps, the required test method 
is 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)  section 430.23(ee) (Appendix BB to subpart B of part  
430). For portable luminaire s that use LED light engines, the required test method is California 
Joint Appendix JA8 - 2008, “Testing of Light Emitting Diode Light Sources,” or IES LM -79-08, 
“Approved Method: Electrical and Photometric Measurements of Soli d-State Lighting Products,” 
at the manufacturer's option . 4 Since the original adoption of these standards in 2008, only one change has been made to the 
portable luminaire requirements. In a 2020 appliance efficiency rulemaking (Docket 20 -AAER -
01), the minim um lumen output requirement was re moved from CCR, Title 20, section 
1605.3(n)(3) . This  performance  standard required that LED light engines and luminaires  
provide a light output of at least 200 lumens. Staff proposed to remove this standard since not 
all light ing applications benefit from a lumen output of 200 lumens or more. A product that 
produces more light than necessary leads to increased energy use. This appliance efficiency 
rulemaking was adopted in 2020, and the changes went into effect on March 16, 2021.  
Subsequent Lighting Standards  
Following the portable luminaire rulemaking in 2008, there have been two rulemakings for other relevant lighting products.  The first  rulemaking  was for “state- regula ted LED lamps” and 
“state- regulated small diameter directional lamps .” This appliance efficiency rulemaking 
(Docket  15-AAER -06) was adopted on January 27, 2016,  and went into effect on January 1, 
2018. The changes included new definitions and testing, marking, certification, and 
performance requir ements for these two appliance types . Regulated lamps that are compl iant 
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 small di ameter lamps  cover most common types of  LED lamps  and 
directional lamps .  
The second  rulemaking established performance standards for “general service lamps. ” This 
rulemaking (Docket 19-AAER -04) was adopted November 13, 2019,  and went into effect 
January 1, 2020. 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 R egulations. This scope includes most incandescent  lamps , halogens, LEDs, and 
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 tha t 
use incandescent technology.  As a result, most incandescent lamps cannot be sold in California 
since they do not comply with the performance standard.  The effective date of January 1, 
2020,  prohibited noncompliant lamps from being sold starting on this date. Retailers could not 
legally sell off their remaining inventory of non-compliant  lamps  after the requirements went 
into effect.  
Justification for Repeal of Portable Luminaires  
Today, a  consumer looki ng to buy replacement lamps for their portable luminaire would have 
extreme difficulty finding inefficient  lamps . This market transformation  is due in part to the 
lighting rulemakings which were discussed  earlier for general service lam ps and for state -
regulated LED and small diameter directional lamps . General use incandescent lamps have 
been eliminated from California stores . The inefficien t incandescent technology cannot comply 
with the existing performance standards for general service lamps (which apply to portable 
luminaires) in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations and  LED and CFL lamps have filled in this 
market share.  LEDs’ market share is growing more rapidly compared to the CFL ’s because 
typically LEDs  provide better lighting and perform ance qualit ies and are more energy  efficient . 
These better attributes  are ensured through state regulations in California . For this reason , 
most portable luminaires sold in California are  expected to use LED lighting technology . 5 Four of the five compliance  pathways for portable luminaires were designed to discourage or 
prevent the use of screw -based incandescent lamps  that were popular at the time . The 
general service lamp regulations  now have this effect.  The other remaining compliance 
pathway  for portable luminaires pertains to LED luminaires. Most LED portable luminaires are 
not covered under other Title 20 regulations  (such as products that use integrated LEDs rather 
than LED lamps). However,  with the advancements in LED technology in recent  years, most of 
the required standards, except for the minimum power factor requirement, are redundant 
because they are met by almost all LEDs . Although the required minimum power factor  
standard  is not very stringent, some portable luminaires on the market might not meet this 
requirement. However, the benefit of this requirement alone is negligible for consumers, 
especially for a small load such as a LED luminaire.  
Lastly , requiring zero standby power for portable luminaires that have internal power supplies 
when the luminaire is turned off is eliminating some multifunctional products with popular 
utilities  developed in recent years, such as desk lamps with wireless chargers, from the 
California m arket.  Thus, removing this performance standard  along with the other portable 
luminaire  regulations  would be beneficial.  
The intended goals of the portable luminaire performance regulations  are now accomplished 
through the more recent lighting regulations in the Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Regulations. 
Removal of the portable luminaire requirements would have no effect on  the energy 
performance of these products. The se products are now energy -efficient due to the existing 
lighting market in California.  
 6 CHAPTER 2: 
Proposed Changes for Portable Luminaires  
The proposed changes would remove all information and requirements related to the portable 
luminaire appliance type in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations. No new text will be added,  
and no existing text regarding any other appliance type will be removed.  The proposed 
updates are proposed to  take effect  on filing with the  California Secretary of State. 
Scope  
The proposed change  to the scope removes  portable luminaries as a regulated appliance type. 
The appliance name would be removed from CCR, Title 20, section  1601(n) , indicating that 
portable luminaires are not included in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations.  
Definitions  
The proposed chang es to the definitions in CCR, Title 20, section  1602(n) , include the removal 
of the following definitions. These definitions relate to the portable luminaire appliance type 
only. The removal of these definitions will not affect  any other regulated appliance type. Those 
definitions  proposed for removal  are: 
• “Art work luminaire”  
• “Dedicated fluorescent lamp socket” 
• “E12 screw -based socket” 
• “E17 screw -based socket” 
• “E26 screw -based socket” 
• “General lighting application”  
• “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”  
No other definitions are proposed to be added, amended, or removed.  
Testing Requ irements  
The existing testing requirements for portable lumina ires are proposed to be removed . The 
existing requirements in CCR, Title 20, section  1604(n) (4), read: 
“(4) Portable Luminaires. 7 (A) The test methods for LED luminaires using LED lamps are shown in section 
1604(k)(3) of this Article. 
(B) The test methods for LED luminaires using LED light engines are California Joint 
Appendix JA8 - 2008, “Testing of Light Emitting Diode Light Sources,” or IES LM -79-
08, “Approved Method: Electrical and Photometric  Measurements of Solid -State 
Lighting Products,” at manufacturer's option.”  
Performance  Standards  
All existing performance  standards for portable luminaires  are proposed to be removed. T he 
portable luminaire standards located in CCR, Title 20, section  1605.3( n)(3), read: 
“(3) Portable Luminaires. 
(A) Portable luminaires manufactured on or after January 1, 2010 shall meet one or 
more of the following requirements:  
1. Be equipped with a dedicated fluorescent lamp socket connected to a high 
frequency electronic ballast contained within the portable luminaire;  
2. Be equipped with one or more GU24 line -voltage sockets and not rated for use 
with incandescent lamps of any type, including line voltage or  low voltage;  
3. Be an LED luminaire or a portable luminaire with an LED light engine with integral heat sink, and comply with the minimum requirements shown in Table N-3; 
Table N -3: Minimum Requirements for Portable LED Luminaires,  and 
Portable Luminaires  With LED Light Engines With Integral Heat Sink  
Criteria  Requirement  
Minimum LED Luminaire Efficacy  29 lumens/W  
Minimum LED Light Engine Efficacy  40 lumens/W  
Correlated Color Temperature (CCT)  2700K through 5000K  
Minimum Color Rendering Index (CRI)  75 
Power Factor (for luminaires labeled or 
sold for residential use)  ≥ 0.70  
 
4. Be equipped with an E12, E17, or E26 screw -based socket and be prepackaged 
and sold together with one screw -based compact fluorescent lamp or screw -
based LED lamp for each screw -based socket on the portable luminaire. The 
compact fluorescent or LED lamps w hich are prepackaged with the portable 
luminaire shall be fully compatible with the luminaire controls, meaning that 
portable luminaires having a dimmer control shall be prepackaged with dimmable compact fluorescent or LED lamps, and portable luminaires ha ving 3 -way 
controls shall be prepackaged with 3 -way compact fluorescent or LED lamps. The 
compact fluorescent lamps which are prepackaged with the luminaires shall also 
meet the minimum energy efficiency levels established by ENERGY STAR® for 
compact fluor escent lamps in effect on December 31, 2008. The LED lamps 
required to be packaged with the luminaire shall comply with the minimum 
requirements for state‐regulated LED lamps in sections 1601 through 1607 of 
this Article;  8 5. Be equipped with one or more single -ended, non -screw based halogen lamp 
sockets (line or low voltage), a dimmer control or high low control, and be rated 
for a maximum of 100W.  
EXCEPTIONS to section  1605.3(n)(3)  of this Article . The following portable 
luminaires are not required to be prepackaged and sold together with compact 
fluorescent or LED lamps:  
1. Portable wall mount adjustable luminaires  that meet all of the following 
requirements: Designed only to be mounted on a wall, having no base which will allow the luminai re to stand on a horizontal surface, having an articulated 
arm, having a maximum overall length of 24 inches in any direction, fitted only with a single E12, E17 or E26 lamp socket per luminaire, and controlled with an integral dimmer. Luminaires manufactured on or before December 
31, 2011 shall have a maximum relamping rated wattage of 57 watts, and 
luminaires manufactured on or after January 1, 2012 shall have a maximum relamping rated wattage of 43 watts, as listed on a permanent pre -printed 
factory -installed label in accordance with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 153.  
2. Art work  luminaires that meet all of the following requirements: Designed 
only to be mounted directly to art work only for the purpose of illuminating 
that art work, fitted only with E12  screw -base line -voltage sockets, having no 
more than three sockets per luminaire, and controlled with an integral high/low switch. Luminaires with a single socket shall have a maximum relamping rated wattage of 25 watts, and luminaires with two or three sockets shall have a maximum relamping rated wattage of 15 watts per 
socket, as listed on a permanent pre -printed factory -installed label in 
accordance with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 153.  
(B) Portable luminaires that have internal power supplies shall have zero standby 
power when the luminaire is turned off.”  
Marking Requirements  
As a result of these proposed changes, portable luminaires would no longer be required to comply with the marking requirements in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations. Existing  text in 
CCR, Title 20, section  1607(a) , states that the marking requirements apply to every appliance 
within the scope of CCR, Title 20, section  1601. Portable luminaires are proposed to be 
removed from CCR, Title 20, section  1601, therefore removing the  need for this appliance to 
comply with the marking requirements . 
The existing general marking requirements, required for all regulated appliances, would no 
longer apply to portable luminaires. The se general marking are found in CCR, Title 20, section  
1607(b) . 
There are no existing marking requirements that are specific to only portable luminaires , and 
portable luminaires are not specifically referenced anywhere in CCR, Title 20, section  1607. As 
a result, there are no proposed changes to the  text regarding marking requirements. 
Certification Requirements  
Certification is how compliance with the Appliance Efficiency Regulations is verified. 
Manufacture rs certify their product data to MAEDbS to demonstrate compliance. The proposed 9 changes include the removal of all certification requirements for portable luminaires. Since this 
appliance type is proposed to be removed in the scope of the Appliance Efficiency Regulations, 
certification will no  longer  be necessar y. 
The specific data fields that are re quired to be submitted for certification are listed  in Table X 
of CCR, Title 20, section  1606(a), organized by appliance type. Within Table X, staff proposes 
remov ing the portable luminaire appliance type along with the 11 data field s associated with it. 
Those data fields are:  
• Type of portable luminaire  
• Total number  of lamp sockets  
• Base type  
• Compliance method used 
• Zero standby power (for luminaires with internal power supplies only)  
• GU24 sockets rated (for use with incandescent lamps for luminaires with GU24 sockets 
only) 
• LED light output  (for LED luminaires only)  
• LED Efficacy (for LED luminaires only)  
• Nominal correlated color temperature  (for LED luminaires only)  
• Color rendering index  (for LED luminaires only)  
• Power Factor (for LED lumina ires labeled or sold for residential use only)  
If these proposed changes were to be adopted, the portable luminaire appliance type would 
be removed from  MAEDbS , and future submissions would no longer be necessary or possible.  
All models of portable luminai res listed in MAED bS as approved would be archived for 
historical, statistical, or academic purposes. 
 10 CHAPTER 3: 
Savings and Cost Analysis  
The existing portable luminaire regulations do not require product design improvements or any 
additional energy savi ngs beyond what is required or provided through other more recent 
lighting regulations. Therefore, the proposed removal of the portable luminaire regulations does not have any cost or energy consumption impacts . The removal of the “bulb- in-box” 
requirement  would give manufacturers the option of not packaging a lamp with specific 
portable luminaires. However, since a lamp is required for th ose products  to function, a lamp 
will still need to be purchased regardless of the regulations. If a lamp is not include d in the 
package, the consumer will pay the cost of the lamp. If a lamp is included, the manufacturer would pay the cost but then pass that cost on to the consumer. Therefore, removing the 
portable luminaire standards would have no impact  on the overall cost of the product.  11 CHAPTER 4: 
Environmental Impacts 
The proposed regulations w ould repeal portable luminaires as a regulated appliance type in 
the Appliance Efficiency Regulations . The repeal of the requirements will not affect  the sale of 
portable luminaires in California. Portable luminaires, along with  the LED or CFL lamps  used 
with them, can continue to be sold, and similarly, the lighting components of these products 
continue to be subject to existing regulations . As discussed in Chapter  1 of this document, 
inefficient portable luminaires are already eliminated from the market due to other appliance 
regulations. The existing requirements have negligible impact on the number of portable 
luminaires sold in the state, and because of existing  overlapping regulations, removal of these 
requirements will not cause any changes to the way these products are designed . As stated 
above, regulations for portable luminaires presently overlap with other, existing requirements. Therefore, staff has not identified any adverse or beneficial environmental impacts from the 
proposed r epeal . 
Energy Impacts 
The proposed re peal will have a negligible (if any) impact on the  performance of portable 
luminaires , yielding no energy savings nor a reduction in energy sav ings, translating to neither 
an increase or a reduction in greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions.  
Environmental Impacts 
The proposed repeal is not expected to result in any changes to the product design or the 
number of the products added or rem oved from the market. Therefore, no environmental 
impacts are expected.  
  12 GLOSSARY  
Term  Definition  
Color rendering 
index The measured degree of color shift objects undergo when illuminated by a 
light source as compared with the color of those same objects when 
illuminated by a reference source of comparable color temperature, as determined using the applicable test method in section 1604(k) of this Article.  
General service 
lamp A lamp that has an ANSI base; is able to operate at a voltage of 12 vol ts 
or 24 volts, at or between 100 to 130 volts, at or between 220 to 240 
volts, or of 277 volts for integrated lamps, or is able to operate at any 
voltage for non -integrated lamps; has an initial lumen output of greater 
than or equal to 310 lumens (or 232 lumens for modified spectrum 
general service incandescent lamps) and less than or equal to 3,300 
lumens; is not a light fixture; is not an LED downlight retrofit kit; and is 
used in general lighting applications. General service lamps include, but 
are not limited to, general service incandescent lamps, compact 
fluorescent lamps, general service light -emitting diode lamps, and general 
service organic light -emitting diode lamps. General service lamps do not 
include:  
(1) Appliance lamps ; 
(2) Black light lamps;  
(3) Bug lamps;  
(4) Colored lamps;  
(5) G shape lamps with a diameter of 5 inches or more as defined in ANSI 
C79.1- 2002 ; 
(6) General service fluorescent lamps;  
(7) High intensity discharge lamps;  
(8) Infrared lamps; 
(9) J, JC, JCD, JCS, JCV, JCX, JD, JS, and JT shape lamps that do not 
have Edison screw bases;  
(10) Lamps that have a wedge base or prefocus base;  
(11) Left -hand thread lamps;  
(12) Marine lamps;  
(13) Marine signal service lamps;  
(14) Mine service lamps;  
(15) MR shape lamps that have a first  number symbol equal to 16 
(diameter equal to 2 inches) as defined in ANSI C79.1- 2002, operate at 
12 volts, and have a lumen output greater than or equal to 800;  
… 
 13 Term  Definition  
General service 
lamp (cont.) …(cont.)  
(16) Other fluorescent lamps;  
(17) Plant light lamps;  
(18) R20 short lamps;  
(19) Reflector lamps that have a first number symbol less than 16 
(diameter less than 2 inches) as defined in ANSI C79.1- 2002 and that do 
not have E26/E24, E26d, E26/50x39, E26/53x39, E29/28, E29/53x39, 
E39, E39d, EP39, or EX39 bases;  
(20) S shape or G shape lamps that have a first number symbol less than 
or equal to 12.5 (diameter less than or equal to 1.5625 inches) as defined 
in ANSI C79.1 -2002;  
(21) Sign service lamps;  
(22) Silver bowl lamps;  
(23) Showcase lamps;  
(24) Sp ecialty MR lamps;  
(25) T shape lamps that have a first number symbol less than or equal to 
8 (diameter less than or equal to 1 inch) as defined in ANSI C79.1 -2002, 
nominal overall length less than 12 inches, and that are not compact 
fluorescent lamps;  
(26) Traffic signal lamps.  
GU24 socket  A socket on a lighting product designed to only accept  lamps  with GU24 
pin bases.  
MAEDbS  The Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System established 
pursuant to section  1606(c)  and maintained by the California Energy 
Commission (CEC) . 
Manufacturer  Any person engaged in the original production or assembly of an 
appliance or commercial and i ndustrial equipment or any person that 
assumes the complete legal responsibility for the original production or 
assembly of an appliance, which includes, but is not limited to, the responsibility normally held by the manufacturer for product liability, warranty, and compliance with state and federal law. “Manufacturer” also 
means a private brand packager or reassembler.  14 Term  Definition  
Portab le 
luminaire  A luminaire that has a flexible cord and an attachment plug for connection 
to a nominal 120 -volt, 15 - or 20-ampere branch circuit; that allows the 
user to relocate the luminaire without any rewiring; that are typically controlled with a switch located on the luminaire itself or on the power cord; and that are intended for use in accordance with the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70- 2002. Portable luminaire does not include 
any of the following:  
(1) Direct plug-in nightlights ; 
(2) Sun and heat lamps ; 
(3) Aquarium  lamps ; 
(4) Medical  and dental lights ; 
(5) Portable  electric hand lamps ; 
(6) Signs and commercial advertising displays ; 
(7) Photographic lamps ; 
(8) Germicidal lamps ; 
(9) Illuminated vanity mirrors ; 
(10) Lava lamps not providing general or task illumination;  
(11) Industrial work lights rated for use with lamps providing greater than 
7,000 lumens;  
(12) Portable luminaires for marine use or for use in hazardous locations 
as defined in the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 ; 
(13) Christmas tree and decorative lighting outfits or electric candles and candelabras without lamp shades that are covered by the Standard for 
Christmas Tree and Decorative Outfits, UL 588.  
State-Regulated 
Light Emitting 
Diode (LED) 
Lamp  A lamp capable of producing light with Duv between -0.012 and 0.012 , 
and that has an E12, E17, E26, or GU24 base, including L ED lamps that 
are designed for retrofit within existing recessed can housings that 
contain one of the preceding bases. state-regulated LED lamp does not 
include a lamp with a brightness of more than 2,600 lumens or a lamp that cannot produce light with a c orrelated color temperature between 
2200K and 7000K.  15 Term  Definition  
State-Regulated 
Small Diameter 
Directional 
Lamp  A directional lamp that meets all of the following criteria:  
(1) Capable of operating at 12 volts, 24 volts, or 120 volts;  
(2) Has an ANSI ANSLG C81.61- 2009 (R2014) compliant pin base or E26 
base;  
(3) Is a non- tubular directional lamp with a diameter of less than or equal 
to 2.25 inches;  
(4) Has a lumen output of less than or equal to 850 lumens, or has a 
wattage of 75 watts or less; and  
(5) Has a  rated life greater than 300 hours.  
State-regulated small diameter directional lamp includes incandescent 
filament, LED, and any other lighting technology that falls within this definition. State -regulated small diameter directional lamp does not 
include d irectional lamps with an E26 base that utilize LEDs and are 
covered under the definition of state -regulated light emitting diode lamps . 
 A-1 
 APPENDIX A: 
Acronyms  
 
 Acronym  Description  
CCR California Code of Regulations  
CEC California Energy Commission  
CFL Compact Fluorescent Lamp  
CFR Code of Federal Regulations  
CRI Color Rendering Index  
LED Light Emitting Diode  
MAEDbS  Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System