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Fluorescent and Incandescent

Lamps

This page describes rulemaking activities and

regulations regarding energy efficiency for

fluorescent and incandescent lamps.

Statutory Authority

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act

(EPCA) of 1975 established an energy

conservation program for major household

appliances. Title III of EPCA (42 U.S.C. 6291

et seq.) set forth provisions designed to

improve energy efficiency. Amendments to

title III of EPCA in the Energy Policy Act of

1992, P.L. 102-486, established energy

conservation standards for certain types of

fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector

lamps, and authorized the U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) to amend these standards if

such amendments were warranted. (42 U.S.C.

6291(1), 6295(i)(1) and (3)-(4)) The same

amendments authorized DOE to adopt

standards for additional types of general

service fluorescent lamps if such additional

standards were warranted. (42 U.S.C.

6295(i)(5))

On December 19, 2007, the President signed

the Energy Independence and Security Act of

2007 (EISA 2007) (Pub. L. 110-140), which

amends EPCA and directs DOE to undertake

new energy conservation standards

rulemakings. EISA 2007 also amends EPCA

with regard to general service fluorescent

lamps, incandescent reflector lamps, and

general service incandescent lamps. A fact

sheet describing provisions in EISA 2007

related to general service incandescent lamps

is presented below. EISA 2007 requires the

Secretary of Energy to develop a unit sales

forecast for 2010-2025 for five lamp types

exempt from the general service incandescent

lamp standards. The forecast report and a

spreadsheet of the models are available

below.

DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Building Technologies

Program develops energy conservation

standards for consumer products and

commercial equipment. This office has the

responsibility for rulemaking activities for

fluorescent and incandescent lamps. Past and

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present rulemaking activities for these

products are presented below.

Some of the following documents are available

as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe

Reader.

Energy Conservation Standard

Rulemaking

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Framework Document

Test Procedure Rulemaking

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Unit Sales Forecasts for Five Lamp

Types

Notice of Data Availability

Previous Federal Register Notices

Fluorescent and Incandescent Lamp Test

Procedure, Federal Register, May 29,

1997 (PDF 195 KB)

Supplementary Information

Fact Sheet: General Service

Incandescent Lamp Provisions Contained

in EISA 2007 (PDF 75 KB)

Contact Information

Linda Graves

Lighting Standards Project Manager

(202) 586-1851

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Fluorescent and Incandescent

Lamps Energy Conservation

Standard Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking

Following the advanced notice of proposed

rulemaking (ANOPR), the U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) is publishing a notice of

proposed rulemaking (NOPR) for the general

service fluorescent lamps and incandescent

reflector lamps energy conservation standard

rulemaking. The NOPR is the second stage of

the overall standards rulemaking process and

will be followed by a final rule. At the NOPR

stage, DOE presents the proposed standard

levels and all the rulemaking analyses.

Interested parties are invited to review the

NOPR documents and the analytical tools,

attend the public meetings, and submit

comments on the analysis and proposed

standard levels.

At the time of publication of the framework

document, the Energy Policy and Conservation

Act (EPCA) gave DOE authority to consider

energy conservation standards for additional

general service incandescent lamps under 42

U.S.C. 6295(i)(5). However, subsequent

amendments to EPCA in the Energy

Independence and Security Act of 2007

removed that authority. Therefore, in the

NOPR, DOE is considering amending existing

energy conservation standards for general

service fluorescent lamps and incandescent

reflector lamps and whether to apply

standards to additional general service

fluorescent lamps.

The comment period for this stage of the

rulemaking analysis closes 60 days after

publication in the Federal Register. How to

Submit Comments.

Some of the following documents are available

as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe

Reader.

Energy Conservation Standard

NOPR Public Meeting

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and

Notice of Public Meeting, January 12,

2009, as issued by the Secretary of

Energy (PDF 1.7 MB)

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NOTE: The official version of the NOPR

will be published in the Federal Register

shortly.

NOPR Technical Support Document

(Coming Soon)

NOPR Analytical Spreadsheet Tools

(Coming Soon)

Contact Information

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Lighting Standards Project Manager

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Fluorescent and Incandescent

Lamps Public Meeting for

Energy Conservation Standard

Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will

hold an informal public meeting to cover the

energy conservation standard notice of

proposed rulemaking (NOPR) for general

service fluorescent lamps and incandescent

reflector lamps. This public meeting gives

DOE an opportunity to present its amended

energy conservation standard proposals and

the methodology analyses prepared for the

NOPR, and to respond to questions from

interested parties. The meeting will also

enable DOE to seek input from interested

parties on its proposals, methodologies,

assumptions, and data sources.

The comment period for this stage of the

rulemaking analysis closes 60 days after

publication in the Federal Register. How to

Submit Comments.

The following documents are available as

Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Meeting Materials

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and

Notice of Public Meeting, January 12,

2009, as issued by the Secretary of

Energy (PDF 1.7 MB)

NOTE: The official version of the NOPR

will be published in the Federal Register

shortly.

Agenda (Available after the meeting)

Presentation (Available after the

meeting)

DATE: February 3, 2009

TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET

LOCATION:

U.S. Department of Energy

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 1E-245

Washington, DC 20585

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Contact Information

Linda Graves

Lighting Standards Project Manager

(202) 586-1851

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