Rulemaking for High-Intensity Discharge Lamps Energy Conservation Standard

DOE has published in the Federal Register final determination concerning energy conservation standards for high intensity discharge lamps. 80FR76355 (December 09, 2015).

There are no public meetings scheduled at this time. 

The comment period is closed. 

The high-intensity discharge lamps energy conservation standards rulemaking docket EERE–2010–BT–STD–0043 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents. For the latest information on the planned timing of future DOE regulatory milestones, see the current Office of Management and Budget Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. All planned dates are preliminary and subject to change.

• Rulemaking for High-Intensity Discharge Lamps Test Procedures
• Rulemaking for Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures Energy Conservation Standard

The current rulemaking for energy conservation standards for high-intensity discharge lamps is mandated by Part A-1, the ‘‘Certain Industrial Equipment’’ of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended. (42 U.S.C. § 6311-6317) These appliances are all treated as covered equipment under Part A-1. (42 U.S.C. 6311(1))

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT 1992) amended the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA) by adding HID lamps as covered equipment and requiring DOE to:

• Determine whether energy conservation standards for HID lamps would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would likely result in significant energy savings;
• Prescribe testing requirements within 30 months for those HID lamps for which standards are justified; and
• Prescribe energy conservation standards within 18 months of establishing testing requirements.

On July 1, 2010, DOE published a positive final determination regarding HID lamps. 75 FR 37975. On December 15, 2011, DOE published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) for test procedures for HID lamps. 76 FR 77914.