S 2476
114th Congress
Senate
Energy
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
A bill to exclude power supply circuits, drivers, and devices designed to be connected to, and power, light-emitting diodes or organic light-emitting diodes providing illumination or ceiling fans using direct current motors from energy conservation standards for external power supplies.
Introduced: February 1, 2016
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Feb 1, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Feb 1, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exclude from energy conservation standards for external power supplies any power supply circuit, driver, or device designed to power certain light-emitting diodes or to power ceiling fans using direct current motors. The Department of Energy may prescribe energy conservation standards for that equipment no earlier than one year after the date on which a test procedure has been prescribed by using its authority to improve the energy efficiency of electric motors and pumps and other industrial equipment.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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