BILL NUMBER: AB 228	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huffman

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2009

   An act to amend Section 25402.5.4 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 228, as introduced, Huffman. Energy: outdoor lighting
efficiency.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission to adopt regulations on minimum energy
efficiency standards for lighting that would reduce the average
statewide electrical energy consumption by not less than 25% from the
2007 levels for outdoor lighting by 2018.
   This bill would require the commission, by an unspecified time, to
adopt minimum energy efficiency standards for outdoor lighting.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25402.5.4 of the Public Resources Code is
amended to read:
   25402.5.4.  (a) On or before December 31, 2008, the commission
shall adopt minimum energy efficiency standards for all general
purpose lights on a schedule specified in the regulations. The
regulations, in combination with other programs and activities
affecting lighting use in the state, shall be structured to reduce
average statewide electrical energy consumption by not less than 50
percent from the 2007 levels for indoor residential lighting and by
not less than 25 percent from the 2007 levels for indoor commercial
and outdoor lighting, by 2018.
   (b) The commission shall make recommendations to the Governor and
the Legislature regarding how to continue reductions in electrical
consumption for lighting beyond 2018.
   (c) The commission may establish programs to encourage the sale in
this state of general purpose lights that meet or exceed the
standards set forth in subdivision (a).
   (d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Department of
General Services, and all other state agencies, as defined in Section
12200 of the Public Contract Code, in coordination with the
commission, shall cease purchasing general purpose lights that do not
meet the standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), within two
years of those standards being adopted.
   (2) The Department of General Services, and all other state
agencies, as defined in Section 12200 of the Public Contract Code, in
coordination with the commission shall cease purchasing general
purpose lights with an appearance that is historically appropriate
for the facilities in which the lights are being used, and that do
not meet the standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) within
four years of those standards being adopted.
   (e) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the Regents
of the University of California, in coordination with the commission,
to cease purchasing general purpose lights that do not meet the
standards adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), within two years of
those standards being adopted.
   (f) (1) (A) For purposes of this section, "general purpose lights"
means lamps, bulbs, tubes, or other electric devices that provide
functional illumination for indoor residential, indoor commercial,
and outdoor use.
   (B) General purpose lights do not include any of the following
types of specialty lighting: appliance, black light, bug, colored,
infrared, left-hand thread, marine, marine signal service, mine
service, plant light, reflector, rough service, shatter resistant,
sign service, silver bowl, showcase, three-way, traffic signal, and
vibration service or vibration resistant.
   (2) The commission may, after one or more public workshops, with
public notice and an opportunity for all interested parties to
comment, provide for inclusion of a particular type of specialty
light in its energy efficiency standards applicable to general
purpose lighting, if it finds that there has been a significant
increase in sales of that particular type of particular specialty
light due to the use of that specialty light in general purpose
lighting applications.
   (3) General purpose lights do not include lights needed to provide
special-needs lighting for individuals with exceptional needs. 
   (g) (1) No later than January 1, 20__, the commission shall adopt
the minimum energy efficiency standards specified in subdivision (a)
applicable to outdoor lighting. When adopting efficiency standards
for outdoor lighting, the commission shall have the authority to
require efficiency standards for outdoor lighting systems.  

   (2) The Legislature finds and declares that new and emerging
lighting efficiency technologies, including technologies applicable
to lighting systems, provide enormous opportunities to accelerate the
conservation efforts mandated by this section. It is the intent of
the Legislature to achieve the energy efficiencies required by this
section significantly earlier than 2018.