High-Intensity Discharge Lamps

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High-intensity discharge (HID) lamps are electric discharge lamps and include high-pressure sodium, mercury vapor, and metal halide lamps.

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Recent and Ongoing Activities

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.

Standards

DOE has published in the Federal Register final determination concerning energy conservation standards for high intensity discharge lamps. 80 FR 76355 (December 9, 2015). DOE determined that standards for HID lamps are either not technologically feasible, would not result in significant energy savings, or are not economically justified.
Therefore, DOE has not established energy conservation standards for HID lamps.

The HID energy conservation standard rulemaking docket EERE-2010-BT-STD-0043 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents pertaining to this rulemaking.

Public Meeting Information:

There is no public meeting scheduled at this time.

Submitting Public Comments

The comment period is closed.

Test Procedure

DOE has published a withdrawal notice in the Federal, pertaining to test procedures for HID lamps. 81FR31561 (May 19, 2016).

DOE has not established energy conservation standards for HID lamps. Therefore, the HID test procedure rulemaking in support of HID energy conservation standards has been terminated.

The HID lamps test procedure rulemaking docket EERE-2010-BT-TP-0044 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents pertaining to this rulemaking.

Public Meeting Information

There is no public meeting scheduled at this time.

Submitting Public Comments

The comment period is closed.

Current Standard

There are currently no energy conservation standards for HID lamps.

Current Test Procedure

There are currently no test procedures for HID lamps.

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Compliance

DOE has established regulations on certification, compliance, and enforcement in the CFR at 10 CFR Part 429. These regulations cover statistical sampling plans, certified ratings, certification reports, record retention, and enforcement. More information on these regulations is available here.

Waivers

For information on current test procedure waivers, see DOE’s Waivers webpage.

For information about obtaining test procedure waivers, see 10 CFR 431.401.

Exceptions

DOE's Office of Hearings and Appeals has not authorized exception relief for HID lamps.

For information about obtaining exception relief, see 10 CFR part 1003.

Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions

For information on further guidance and answers to Frequently Asked Questions on all covered products, see DOE’s Further Guidance database.

State Exemptions to Federal Pre-emption

DOE has not exempted any state from this energy conservation standard. States may petition DOE to exempt a state regulation from preemption by the Federal energy conservation standard. States may also petition DOE to withdraw such exemptions. For details, see 10 CFR part 430, subpart D.

Small Business Exemptions

Any manufacturer of a covered product with annual gross revenues that do not exceed $8,000,000 from all its operations and meets certain other conditions may apply for an exemption to the energy conservation standard. For details, see 10 CFR part 430, subpart E.

ENERGY STAR®

DOE supports the testing and verification of ENERGY STAR® products in close collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Find tips and guidance for making your home, workplace, or vehicle more energy efficient visit EnergySavers.gov.

Contact information

For more information related to this product, please email:
ApplianceStandardsQuestions@ee.doe.gov

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