APPENDIX AA. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACEEE American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy

AEO Annual Energy Outlook

ANOPR advance notice of proposed rulemaking

ANSI American National Standards Institute

ASAP Appliance Standards Awareness Project

ASE Alliance to Save Energy

BEF ballast efficacy factor

BF ballast factor

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics

BPAR bulged parabolic aluminized reflector

BR bulged reflector (reflector lamp shape)

BT Building Technologies Program

BTU British Thermal Unit

CAIR Clean Air Interstate Act

CAMR Clean Air Mercury Rule

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

CMH ceramic metal halide

CO2 carbon dioxide

CPI Consumer Price Index

CRI color rendering index

CSA Canadian Standards Association

CSL candidate standard level

DIY do­it­yourself

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

EL efficiency level

ELC European Lamp Companies Federation

E.O. Executive Order

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

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

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FTC Federal Trade Commission

GE General Electric Lighting and Industrial

GRIM Government Regulatory Impact Model

GSFL general service fluorescent lamp

GSIL general service incandescent lamp

GW gigawatt

Hg mercury

HID high­intensity discharge

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

INPV industry net present value

I­O input­output

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IR Infrared

IRFA initial regulatory flexibility analysis

IRL incandescent reflector lamp

K degrees Kelvin

kt kilotons

LCC life­cycle cost

LED Light­Emitting Diode

Lms lumens

LMC U.S. Lighting Market Characterization Volume I

Lm/W lumens per watt

MBP medium bipin

MECS Manufacturer Energy Consumption Survey (MECS)

MIA Manufacturer Impact Analysis

MMt million metric tons

Mt metric tons

MW megawatts

NAICS North American Industry Classification System

NCLC National Consumer Law Center

NECPA National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1978

NEEP Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership

NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NEMS­BT National Energy Modeling System – Building Technologies

NES national energy savings

NIA National Impact Analysis

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NOPR notice of proposed rulemaking

NOX nitrogen oxides

NPCC Northwest Power and Conservation Council

NPV net present value

NRCan Natural Resources Canada

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NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council

NVLAP National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program

NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

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

quad quadrillion BTU

R reflector (reflector lamp shape)

R­CFL reflector compact fluorescent lamp

R&D research and development

RDC recessed double contact

RECS Residential Energy Consumption Survey

RIA regulatory impact analysis

RoHS Restriction on Hazardous Substances directive

SBA Small Business Administration

SCF Survey of Consumer Finances

SEC Securities and Exchange Commission

SG&A selling, general, and administrative costs

SO standard output

SO2 sulfur dioxide

SP single pin

S&P Standard & Poor’s

T5, T8, T10, T12 tubular fluorescent lamps, diameters of 0.625, 1, 1.25 or 1.5 inches,

respectively

THD total harmonic distortion

TSD technical support document

TSL trial standard level

TWh terawatt­hour

UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

U.S.C. United States Code

UV ultraviolet

V volts

VHO very high output

W watts

WACC weighted­average cost of capital

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