ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

**AEO An**  **nual 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**

**CO 2**  **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**

**EP ACT**  **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** 

**AA­1 IR**  **Infrared**

**IRL incandescent**  **re flector**  **lamp**

**K degrees**  **Kelvin**

**L CC**  **life­cycle cost** 

**L ED**  **Light­Emitting Di**  **ode**

**Lms lumens** 

**LMC U.S.**  **Lighting M**  **arket Characterization**  **Volume I** 

**Lm/W lumens**  **per w**  **att**

**MECS Manufacturer**  **Ene rgy**  **Consumption Survey**  **(MECS)**

**MIA Manufacturer**  **Im pact**  **Analysis**

**NAICS North**  **American I**  **ndustry Classification**  **System**

**NECPA National**  **Energy C**  **onservation Policy**  **Act of**  **1978**

**NEEP Northeast**  **Ene rgy**  **Efficiency Partnership** 

**NEMA National**  **Electrical M**  **anufacturers Association** 

**NEMS National**  **Energy M**  **odeling System** 

**NES national**  **energy s**  **avings**

**NIA National**  **Impact A**  **nalysis**

**NOPR notice**  **of p**  **roposed rulemaking** 

**NO**

**x nitrogen**  **oxides**

**NPV net**  **present v**  **alue**

**NRCan Natural**  **Resources C**  **anada**

**NYSERDA New**  **York State**  **En ergy**  **Research and**  **Development Authority** 

**OIRA Office**  **of I**  **nformation and**  **Regulatory Affairs** 

**OMB U.S.**  **Office o**  **f Management**  **and Budget** 

**PAR parabolic**  **aluminized reflector**  **( reflector**  **lamp shape)** 

**PBP payback**  **period**

**P F**  **power factor** 

**P G&E**  **Pacific Gas**  **a nd**  **Electric**

**R reflector**  **(reflector l**  **amp shape)** 

**R&D research**  **and d**  **evelopment**

**RECS Residential**  **Ene rgy**  **Consumption Survey** 

**RIA regulatory**  **impact a**  **nalysis**

**SBA Small**  **Business A**  **dministration**

**SCF Survey**  **of C**  **onsumer Finances** 

**SG&A selling,**  **general, and**  **a dministrative**  **costs**

**SO 2**  **sulfur dioxide** 

**T8, T10,**  **T1 2**  **tubular fluorescent**  **l amps,**  **diameters of**  **1, 1.25**  **or 1.5**  **inches,**

**respectively**

**THD total**  **harmonic d**  **istortion**

**TSD technical**  **support d**  **ocument**

**TSL trial**  **standard level** 

**U .S.C.**  **United States**  **C ode** 

**UV ultraviolet** 

**V volts** 

**W watts** 

**WACC weighted­average**  **co st**  **of capital** 

**AA­2**