Federal Legislation: Outdoor and Street Lighting

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Federal Legislation Outdoor and Street Lighting

Kyle Pitsor Vice President, Government
Relations National Electrical Manufacturers
Association October 20, 2009
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NEMA Who We Are

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• Codes and Standards
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NEMA Lighting Systems Division

• Lamps
• Ballasts
• Luminaires
• Lighting Controls
• Emergency Lighting
• Solid State Lighting

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Recent U.S. Federal Legislation Affecting
Outdoor Lighting

• The Energy Policy Act of
• 2005 (EPAct 2005)
• The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
  (EISA 2007)

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Energy Policy Act of 2005

• Mercury Vapor Lamp Ballasts
• For general illumination applications may not be
  manufactured or imported, effective January 1,
  2008
• In 2005, a notice in the Federal Register
  clarified that this also includes luminaires
  containing such ballasts
• 2007 legislation provides for continued use in
  specialty applications provided the ballast is
  marked Not for general illumination and
  identifies the specialty application

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Energy Independence andSecurity Act (EISA) of
2007

• Metal Halide Fixtures
• Metal halide lamp fixtures operated with lamps
  150W but 500W shall contain one of the
  following
• A pulse-start metal halide ballast with a minimum
  ballast efficiency of 88 or
• A magnetic probe-start ballast with a minimum
  ballast efficiency of 94 or
• A non-pulse-start electronic ballasts with
• A minimum ballast efficiency of 92 for wattages
  gt 250
• A minimum ballast efficiency of 90 for wattages
  250W

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EISA Metal Halide Fixtures

• Exclusions
• Fixture with regulated lag ballasts
• Fixtures with electronic ballasts to operate at
  480V
• Fixtures that
• Are only rated for 150W lamps and
• Are rated for use in wet locations and
• Contain a ballast that is rated to operate at
  ambient air temperatures above 50C
• Effective Date
• Applies to fixtures manufactured on or after
  January 1, 2009
• State laws with earlier effective dates remained
  in effect until the Federal standards became
  effective

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Market Characterization

• Current Outdoor Lighting Market
• High Intensity Discharge (HID) - 86.8
• Street and Roadway Lighting
• Mercury Vapor-20
• High Pressure Sodium-52.3
• Low Pressure Sodium-5
• Downtown Cities and Parking Lots
• Metal Halide-9.5
• Incandescent -11.2
• Fluorescent -1.9
• Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)-0.01
• New technology--some pilot projects
• Data from U.S. Lighting Market Characterization,
  Navigant Consulting 2002

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2009 Federal Energy Legislation

• NEMA Approach for Outdoor Lighting
• New building construction and major renovations
• Adopt and enforce most current version of
  ASHRAE/IES 90.1
• Funding to states to implement and improve energy
  codes
• Existing building outdoor lighting
• Tax incentives for building outdoor lighting
  replacement and upgraded to meet ASHRAE/IES 90.1
  - 2007
• Street and roadway lighting
• Set lumens per watt (LPW) standard based on
  applications, promote use of controls, and direct
  DOE to conduct rulemaking to update Federal
  standards

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House and Senate Bills

• Setting federal energy efficiency standards for
  outdoor and roadway lighting luminaires
• H.R. 2454 (Waxman-Markey, ACESA 2009)
• Section 211 Outdoor Lighting Standards
  modified H.R. 1732 (Harman-Upton)
• S. 1462
• Senate vehicle
• NEMA testified in favor of including ODL

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House Legislation Section 211 (a)

• Outdoor Luminaires
• Manufactured on or after January 1, 2016 shall
• have initial luminaire efficacy 50 LPW, and
• use light source with lumen maintenance 0.6
• have capability of producing at least 2 different
  light levels, including 100 and 60 of full lamp
  output
• outdoor luminaries used for roadway lighting
  exempt from control requirements
• Manufactured on or after January 1, 2018, shall
• have an initial luminaire efficacy 70 LPW, and
• use a light source with a lumen maintenance 0.6
• Not later than January 1, 2022, DOE issues final
  rule amending standards (if technologically
  feasible and economically justified)
• for products manufactured on or after January 1,
  2025 or the date of final rule plus one year,
  whichever is later

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House Legislation Section 211 (a)

• Outdoor high light output lamps
• Each outdoor high light output lamp manufactured
  on or after January 1, 2017, shall have a
  lighting efficiency of at least 45 lumens per
  watt

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Senate Bill

• NEMA involved in intensive, multi-month
  negotiations on outdoor lighting provisions
• Set efficiency levels on a Task LPW approach
  taking into account application issues
• Area, roadway and high-mast
• Decorative post-top and dusk-to-dawn
• Include some control requirements
• IES illumination levels
• Provide tax incentives
• Effective date of new standards
• Provide for DOE to do follow-on rulemakings

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Outlook and Prognosis

• House and Senate legislation part of broad effort
  on energy and climate change
• H.R. 2454 passed June 26
• S. 1462 could be considered this fall
• S. 1733 Kerry-Boxer climate change provisions
• Once Senate acts, House and Senate bills must be
  conferenced and a consensus bill approved

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• Thank You.
• Questions?
• Kyle.Pitsor_at_nema.org