Appliances & Commercial Equipment Standards: Fluorescent and Incandescent Lamps

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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.) sets forth a

variety of 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 fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps and

authorized the 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)) These same amendments to EPCA

also authorized DOE to adopt standards for additional 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 makes numerous amendments to EPCA and

directs DOE to undertake several new rulemakings for appliance

energy efficiency standards. EISA 2007 also makes several

amendments to EPCA related to general service fluorescent

lamps, incandescent reflector lamps, and general service

incandescent lamps (previously in the scope of rulemaking). A

fact sheet describing provisions in EISA 2007 related to general

service incandescent lamps is presented below.

DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building

Technologies Program conducts the program that develops

energy conservation standards for consumer products and

commercial equipment. This office has the overall responsibility

for rulemaking activities for fluorescent and incandescent lamps

in fulfillment of the law. The rulemaking activities for these

products, both past and present, are presented below.

Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat

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Energy Conservation Standard Rulemaking

• Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

• Framework Document

Test Procedure Rulemaking

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Previous Federal Register Notices

Fluorescent and Incandescent Lamp Test Procedure,

Federal Register, May 29, 1997 (PDF 195 KB)

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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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FACT SHEET: General Service Incandescent Lamp Provisions Contained in EISA 2007

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007) was passed by

Congress and signed into law by the President on December 19, 2007. The new law

contains provisions for phasing in more efficient incandescent lamps, as described below.

1) Is there a requirement to phase out incandescent lights by 2012?

No, EISA 2007 established minimum efficiency and lifetime requirements which apply to

general service incandescent lamps, as defined by the legislation. The standards that

were promulgated by the EISA 2007 will require that manufacturers improve the

performance of these lamps over two years, starting on January 1, 2012.

In responding to the question about whether this is a "phase out" of incandescent

technology, it is important to understand that EISA 2007 was not a "design" standard, but

was rather a "performance" standard. While a design standard may have been

prescriptive about what technologies should be banned, a performance standard focuses

on the service of the product. In this case, EISA 2007 established minimum requirements

around amount of light delivered per unit of energy consumed.

The actual legislation can be reviewed by visiting http://thomas.loc.gov, searching for the

"Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007" and selecting section 321, Efficient

Light Bulbs.

The requirements for EISA 2007 are phased in over two years, between on January 1,

2012 and 2014. For the same lumen output, the minimum requirements represent a

reduction of 25% over the incandescent technology in use in 2007.

GENERAL SERVICE INCANDESCENT LAMPS

Rated Lumens Max Rated Wattage Min Rated Lifetime Effective Date

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1490-2600 72 1,000 hrs 1/1/2012

1050-1489 53 1,000 hrs 1/1/2013

750-1049 43 1,000 hrs 1/1/2014

310-749 29 1,000 hrs 1/1/2014

EISA 2007 also sets several definitions and minimum performance standards for

modified spectrum general service incandescent lamps.

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2) Is DOE responsible for overseeing this?

Yes, DOE is responsible for enforcing the Federal energy conservation standards,

whether those standards were developed through a DOE rulemaking or, in this case,

enacted by Congress.

DOE is also required to initiate two rulemakings to consider whether lamp standards

should be made more stringent. DOE shall initiate a iulemaking in 2014 to consider

whether it is technologically feasible and economically justified to make the standards for

"general service lamps" higher than the EISA 2007 levels. Note that the definition of

"general service lamps" includes general service incandescent lamps as well as: compact

fluorescent lamps, general service light-emitting diode (LED or OLED) lamps, and "any

other lamps that the Secretary determines are used to satisfy lighting applications

traditionally served by general service incandescent lamps". If this rulemaking cannot

produce savings that are greater than or equal to the savings from a minimum efficacy

standard of 45 lumens per watt, effective January 1, 2020, then the Secretary shall

prohibit the sale of any general service lamp that does not meet a minimum efficacy

standard of 45 lumens per watt (this is referred to in the statute as a "backstop

requirement" and is the only circumstance that may qualify as an outright "ban" on

certain general service lamps, but only as a last resort).

DOE is also required under the EISA 2007 to initiate a rulemaking in 2020 to determine

whether the standards in effect for general service incandescent lamps should be

If sed.

3) If not DOE, who is responsible?

See above , DOE is responsible for enforcing and amending the standards.

4) If we're responsible, when will we have a plan in place?

The EISA 2007 regulations became the law when the bill was signed by President Bush

and will be incorporated into the Code of Federal Regulations. DOE will be establishing

certification and enforcement reporting requirements for all manufacturers and importers

of general service incandescent lamps. Starting on the effective date of the standard

level, all general service incandescent lamps must be in compliance with the minimum

efficiency and lifetime requirements from EISA 2007.

,Contact: Linda Graves, Lighting Standards Team Leader

(202) 586-1851

Linda.Graves@ee.doe.gov

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