New laws, standards and requirements for lighting

Section 321 of EISA sets minimum efficiency standards for general service incandescent lamps. Once implemented, this section will affect a number of lamps. Some of the most popular include the 100W, 75W, 60W and 40W A19 shaped incandescent lamps.

*These rules are not product bans. Rather they demand that new lamps meet certain performance requirements that, depending on the lamp, could include: lifetime, maximum wattage, and/or minimum lumen per watt requirements.

Beginning January 1, 2018, California state-regulated LED lamps, small diameter directional lamps (SDDL), and general service lamps (GSL) manufactured on or after January 1, 2018 will be required to comply with the performance, testing and marking requirements of California’s Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20).
https://www.energy.ca.gov/appliances/

The California Energy Commission’s Title 24 regulations outline energy efficiency standards for residential and non-residential buildings. 

In April 2022 the US Department of Energy (DOE) adopted two new rules for general service lamps, that will conserve energy and help consumers , including households, schools, and businesses save on their energy bills.

The first rule establishes a revised definition of general service lamps while the second implements the minimum standard of 45 lumens per watt for general service lamps that meet the revised definition. According to the DOE, a GSL is defined as any ANSI screw or pin base lamp with lumens between 310 and 3300, and operating voltages at or between 12V, 24V, 100V – 130V, 220V – 240V, and 277V. You can find the full definitions of different lamps here.

Manufacturing bans
On June 26, 2023, the state of New York began enforcing a manufacturing ban on the sales of high CRI (color rendering index), cold temperature, and impact-resistant linear fluorescent lamps that do not meet the current Federal Department of Energy's efficiency requirements.  Any covered lamps manufactured before June 26, 2023, can be sold in the state of New York.  Any covered lamps manufactured on or after June 26, 2023, cannot be sold in the state of New York unless they meet the DOE efficiency requirements.  A similar manufacturing ban (but only applying to high CRI lamps) began in Oregon on January 1, 2023.

Sales bans
On July 1, 2023, the state of Nevada began enforcing a statewide sales ban (regardless of manufacturing date) of the same lamps as New York. On October 1 2024, the state of Maryland will begin enforcement of a sales ban on high CRI lamps only. Other states, including, Colorado, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia already enacted similar laws and regulations banning the sale of high CRI linear fluorescent lamps within the past 4 years. The lamps impacted by the state bans include 4-foot T8 & T12 lamps, T12 Ubent lamps, and 8-foot T12 lamps. Some of the states ban the sale of high-impact and cold-temperature fluorescent lamps as well as high-output 8’ lamps. 

Mercury related bans
As of January 1^st, 2024, the state of Vermont will also enforce a sales ban on all linear fluorescent lamps (regardless of whether they meet the DOE LFL efficiency requirements) ranging from 46” to 48” in length.  All other sizes of fluorescent lamps can be sold in Vermont as the sales ban only impacts linear fluorescent lamps in the 46” to 48” length. Laws banning sales of all fluorescent lamps have also been enacted in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island. These state’s laws become effective on different dates, with the earliest being January 1, 2025. 

See the link below for products affected by legislation and replacement lamp alternatives.

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