A bill to exclude power supply circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected to, and power, light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination or ceiling fans using direct current motors from energy conservation standards for external power supplies.

Bill: 114-s-2476
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2016-02-01
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Department of Energy

Electric power generation and transmission

Energy efficiency and conservation

Lighting and heating

Lighting, heating, cooling
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exclude from energy conservation standards for external power supplies any power supply circuit, driver, or device designed to power certain light-emitting diodes or to power ceiling fans using direct current motors. The Department of Energy may prescribe energy conservation standards for that equipment no earlier than one year after the date on which a test procedure has been prescribed by using its authority to improve the energy efficiency of electric motors and pumps and other industrial equipment.</p> <p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2476 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 1, 2016 Mr. Portman (for himself, Ms. Cantwell , Mrs. Shaheen , and Mr. McConnell ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To exclude power supply circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected to, and power, light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination or ceiling fans using direct current motors from energy conservation standards for external power supplies.

1. Application of energy conservation standards to certain external power supplies (a) Definition of external power supply Section 321(36)(A) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6291(36)(A) ) is amended— (1) by striking the subparagraph designation and all that follows through The term and inserting the following: (A) External power supply (i) In general The term ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Exclusion The term external power supply does not include a power supply circuit, driver, or device that is designed exclusively to be connected to, and power— (I) light-emitting diodes providing illumination; (II) organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination; or (III) ceiling fans using direct current motors. . (b) Standards for lighting power supply circuits (1) Definition Section 340(2)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6311(2)(B) ) is amended by striking clause (v) and inserting the following: (v) electric lights and lighting power supply circuits; . (2) Energy conservation standard for certain equipment Section 342 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6313 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (g) Lighting power supply circuits If the Secretary, acting pursuant to section 341(b), includes as a covered equipment solid state lighting power supply circuits, drivers, or devices described in section 321(36)(A)(ii), the Secretary may prescribe under this part, not earlier than 1 year after the date on which a test procedure has been prescribed, an energy conservation standard for such equipment. . (c) Technical corrections (1) Section 321(6)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6291(6)(B) ) is amended by striking (19) and inserting (20) . (2) Section 324 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6294 ) is amended by striking (19) each place it appears in each of subsections (a)(3), (b)(1)(B), (b)(3), and (b)(5) and inserting (20) . (3) Section 325(l) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6295(l) ) is amended by striking paragraph (19) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (20) .