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APPENDIX AA. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACEEE American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy

AEO Annual Energy Outlook 

ANOPR advanced notice of proposed rulemaking 

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ASAP Appliance Standards Awareness Project

ASE Alliance to Save Energy

BE ballast efficiency

BEF ballast efficacy factor

BLE ballast luminous efficiency

BF ballast factor

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics 

BOM bill of material

BT Building Technologies Program 

BTU British Thermal Unit

CAIR Clean Air Interstate Act

CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule

CBECS Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey 

CCT correlated color temperature

CEC California Energy Commission

CEE Consortium for Energy Efficiency 

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CFL compact fluorescent lamp

CIE International Commission on Illumination

CMH ceramic metal halide

CO2 carbon dioxide 

CPI Consumer Price Index 

CRI color rendering index 

CSA Canadian Standards Association

DALI digitally addressable lighting interface

DIY do-it-yourself

DOE U.S. Department of Energy 

DOJ U.S. Department of Justice 

EERE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

EIA Energy Information Administration

EISA 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 

EL efficiency level

EMI electromagnetic interference

E.O. Executive Order

EPA Environmental Protection Agency 

EPACT 1992 Energy Policy Act of 1992 

EPACT 2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005 

EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act 

ERP expected risk premium

F degrees Fahrenheit

F28T5 Nominally 28W T5 4-foot miniature bipin lamp

F54T5HO Nominally 54W T5 4-foot miniature bipin high output lamp 
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F32T8 Nominally 32W T8 4-foot medium bipin lamp

F34T12 Nominally 34W T12 4-foot medium bipin lamp

F40T12 Nominally 40W T12 4-foot medium bipin lamp

F96T12 Nominally 75W T12 8-foot single pin slimline lamp

F96T12/ES Nominally 60W T12 8-foot single pin slimline lamp 

F96T12HO Nominally 110W T12 8-foot recessed double contact high output lamp 

F96T12HO/ES Nominally 95W T12 8-foot recessed double contact high output lamp 

FEMP Federal Energy Management Program 

FR Federal Register

FTC Federal Trade Commission

GE General Electric Lighting and Industrial 

GHG greenhouse gas

GRIM Government Regulatory Impact Model 

GW gigawatt

Hg mercury

HID high-intensity discharge 

HO high output 

HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning 

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IESNA Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

ImSET Impact of Sector Energy Technologies

INPV industry net present value

I-O input-output 

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

IR Infrared

IRFA initial regulatory flexibility analysis

IS instant start

K degrees Kelvin

kt kilotons 

LCC life-cycle cost

LED Light-Emitting Diode

Lms lumens 

LMC U.S. Lighting Market Characterization Volume I

Lm/W lumens per watt

MBP medium bipin

MECS Manufacturer Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) 

MIA Manufacturer Impact Analysis

MiniBP miniature bipin

MMt million metric tons

MOSFET metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor

MPC manufacturer production cost 

MSP manufacturer selling price

Mt metric tons

MW megawatts

NAECA 1988 National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988 

NAICS North American Industry Classification System

NCLC National Consumer Law Center

NECPA National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978 
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NEEP Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership 

NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NEMS-BT National Energy Modeling System – Building Technologies 

NES national energy savings 

NIA National Impact Analysis

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology 

NOPM notice of public meeting

NOPR notice of proposed rulemaking 

NOX nitrogen oxides 

NPCC Northwest Power and Conservation Council 

NPV net present value

NRCan Natural Resources Canada

NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council

NVLAP National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program 

NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority 

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OIRA Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

OMB U.S. Office of Management and Budget 

PAR parabolic aluminized reflector (reflector lamp shape) 

PBP payback period

PF power factor

PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric

PM particulate matter

PPI producer price index 

PS programmed start 

quad quadrillion BTU 

R reflector (reflector lamp shape)

R-CFL reflector compact fluorescent lamp

R&D research and development

RDC recessed double contact

RECS Residential Energy Consumption Survey 

RIA regulatory impact analysis

RoHS Restriction on Hazardous Substances directive 

RS rapid start

RSE relative system efficiency

SBA Small Business Administration

SCC social cost of carbon 

SCF Survey of Consumer Finances 

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission 

SG&A selling, general, and administrative costs 

SO standard output 

SO2 sulfur dioxide 

SP single pin

S&P Standard & Poor’s 

T5, T8, T10, T12 tubular fluorescent lamps, diameters of 0.625, 1, 1.25 or 1.5 inches, 

 respectively

THD total harmonic distortion
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TSD technical support document 

TSL trial standard level

TWh terawatt-hour 

UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

U.S.C. United States Code 

UV ultraviolet 

V volts 

VHO very high output 

W watts

WACC weighted-average cost of capital