U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Office – Appliance & Equipment Standards

2000 Energy Conservation Standards Rulemaking for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA or the Act) authorized the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish energy conservation standards for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, including fluorescent lamp ballasts, for which DOE determined that energy conservation standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings.

In this rulemaking, DOE considered amending the energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts.

Final Rule

• Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts Energy Conservation Standards, Final Rule, Federal Register, September 19, 2000
• Final Rule Technical Support Document and Appendices
• Final Rule Analytical Spreadsheets

Prior Federal Register Notices

• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Public Meeting, Federal Register, March 15, 2000

Contact Information

Lucy deButts
Project Manager