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Fluorescent and Incandescent 

Lamps 

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 

PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader. 

Energy Conservation Standard Rulemaking 

z Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

z Framework Document 

Test Procedure Rulemaking 

z Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

Previous Federal Register Notices 

z Fluorescent and Incandescent Lamp Test Procedure, 

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

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Supplementary Information 

z 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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