Department of Energy April 13, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, including general service fluorescent lamps (GSFL) and incandescent reflector lamps (IRL), and the statute also requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to subsequently determine whether more stringent, amended standards for GSFL and IRL would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In addition, EPCA directs DOE to consider adoption of standards for additional GSFL not already covered by EPCA-prescribed standards. In this notice, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for certain GSFL and IRL and new energy conservation standards for certain additional GSFL not currently covered by standards.