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Smart Home and Connected Lighting Lead Education at June 2017 Lightovation
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NEMA Calls on Secretary of Energy to Complete Rulemaking for
General Service Lamps
Electroindustry proposes robust national standard for LED lamps exceeding 45 lumens per watt
ROSSLYN, subject to higher standards,” consumer choice among rules laid out by Congress the applicable standards,”
VA —The National explained NEMA General energy efficient lighting in the 2007 law and explained Silcox. “This
Electrical Manufacturers Counsel Clark Silcox. “The options, preserving jobs, addresses all the issues that is a matter of statutory
Association (NEMA) has January 19th rules avoided and ensuring that the Congress directed DOE construction, and NEMA
formally requested that making that decision, market satisfies consumer to address. The NEMA believes that DOE
the Secretary of Energy but Congress required a demand for quality lighting proposal for uniform impermissibly rewrote
complete a rulemaking decision on that question products. national LED standards the statute in making
for general service lamps to be made. NEMA If DOE completes is considerably higher its decision. Contrary
(light bulbs) that Congress believes the Department of the rulemaking in the than a 45 lumen-per-watt to certain reports, the
required in the Energy Energy flipped Congress’ manner required by standard that some states January 19 rules issued
Independence and Security intent on its head and Congress, it will decide are promoting.” by DOE explicitly did not
Act of 2007 (EISA-2007). mistakenly concluded that either that more stringent In a separate but establish energy efficiency
The Department of its job was to eliminate the standards for the general related matter, NEMA has requirements; the rules
Energy (DOE) began the energy-efficient halogen service incandescent asked the federal appeals only address the definition
rulemaking in December incandescent light bulb lamp can be economically court in Richmond, of what constitutes
2013 and published two rather than determine justified and are Virginia, to review the two general service lamps and
rules on January 19, whether a higher efficiency technologically feasible rules that DOE published discontinuing exemptions
2017, addressing only standard for those bulbs or that Congress’ EISA- on January 19. “The two from standards for certain
one of the issues that could be economically 2007 standards for general rules relate to whether lamps.”
Congress required for the justified and technologically service incandescent certain specialty lamps For more
rulemaking. These rules did feasible. NEMA’s view is lamps will be left intact. are general service lamps information, visit:
not address the key issue on that the marketplace is The secretary can also and would be subject to www.nema.org.
which Congress required doing an excellent job consider whether to
DOE to act: whether or of transitioning to more amend standards for the SL-16-SNOOT SERIES • MR16 LIGHTS w/ ACRYLIC LENSES
not standards for general efficient lighting solutions.” compact fluorescent lamp
service incandescent lamps In a letter to Energy and whether to enact ®
should be amended to be Secretary Rick Perry dated national standards for
more stringent than the March 3, 2017, NEMA general service LED lamps. Stainless Steel or
standards for those lamps informed the secretary NEMA made constructive
that Congress enacted that the lighting market proposals for those lamps Brass Models
in EISA-2007. Nor did is transitioning to more in 2016 as part of the
the rules address robust efficient lighting: rulemaking and has asked Up/Down
standards for light-emitting Consumers are buying the secretary to consider
diode (LED) lamps that more efficient light bulbs those proposals. Down Light or
were originally proposed by at unprecedented rates “NEMA’s proposal
DOE in 2016. because they see the value for a robust national MADE in the USA Pendant Models
NEMA has in these lamps. NEMA standard for LED lamps IP65
also called upon DOE and its members strongly would raise the bar
to establish a robust, support the market’s nationwide for general 3 Snoot Options
economically justified transition and Congress’ service LED lamps and is
national efficiency standard interest in seeing that a far more sensible and 50,000 Hours ARROW MR16
for general service LED happen; however it would energy-efficient approach
lamps and to consider be extremely unfortunate than doing nothing LED Light Sources Available
standards for certain other if that orderly transition nationwide,” said Silcox.
LED lamps. is disrupted—impacting “NEMA is aware of WWW.FOCUSINDUSTRIES.COM • 888.882.1350
“The statutory American consumers and media reports that some led solutions
text is clear that Congress’ workers who buy and hold the view that a 45
primary interest for make these lamps—by lumen-per-watt standard Testing for Safety
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