ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 

AEO Annual Energy Outlook

ANOPR advance notice of proposed rulemaking

ANSI American National Standards Institute

BEF ballast efficacy factor

BF ballast factor

BT Building Technologies Program

BR bulged reflector (reflector lamp shape)

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

CO2 carbon dioxide

CPI Consumer Price Index

CRI color rendering index

CSA Canadian Standards Association

CSL candidate standard level

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DOJ U.S. Department of Justice

E26 Edison screw­base (incandescent lamp base type)

EERE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

EIA Energy Information Administration

EISA 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

ELC European Lamp Companies Federation

E.O. Executive Order

EPACT 1992 Energy Policy Act of 1992

EPACT 2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005

EPCA Energy Policy and Conservation Act

ER elliptical reflector (reflector lamp shape)

ERP expected risk premium

FEMP Federal Energy Management Program

FR Federal Register

FTC Federal Trade Commission

GE GE Lighting and Industrial

GRIM Government Regulatory Impact Model

GSFL general service fluorescent lamp

GSIL general service incandescent lamp

HIR halogen infrared reflector

HO high output

HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air­Conditioning

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IESNA Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

ImSET Impact of Sector Energy Technologies

I­O input­output

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IR Infrared

IRL incandescent reflector lamp

K degrees Kelvin

LCC life­cycle cost

LED Light­Emitting Diode

Lms lumens

LMC U.S. Lighting Market Characterization Volume I

Lm/W lumens per watt

MECS Manufacturer Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)

MIA Manufacturer Impact Analysis

NAICS North American Industry Classification System

NECPA National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978

NEEP Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership

NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NES national energy savings

NIA National Impact Analysis

NOPR notice of proposed rulemaking

NOx nitrogen oxides

NPV net present value

NRCan Natural Resources Canada

NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

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

R reflector (reflector lamp shape)

R&D research and development

RECS Residential Energy Consumption Survey

RIA regulatory impact analysis

SBA Small Business Administration

SCF Survey of Consumer Finances

SG&A selling, general, and administrative costs

SO2 sulfur dioxide

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

respectively

THD total harmonic distortion

TSD technical support document

TSL trial standard level

U.S.C. United States Code

UV ultraviolet

V volts

W watts

WACC weighted­average cost of capital

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