Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts

What it does

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including fluorescent lamp ballasts ("FLBs"). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") to periodically review its existing standards to determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notification of proposed determination ("NOPD"), DOE has initially determined that amended energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts would not be cost- effective, and therefore, DOE has tentatively determined that energy conservation standards for FLBs should not be amended. DOE requests comment on this proposed determination and the associated analyses and results.

The Energy Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

10 CFR 430

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1904-AF51 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Comments: Written comments, data, and information are requested on all aspects of this NOPD and will be accepted on or before June 1, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket EERE-2023-BT-STD-0005 on Regulations.gov
• Title 10 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register