California Public Resources Code

§ 25402.5.4

PRC § 25402.5.4 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 15 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(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).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 185. Effective January 1, 2009.