In response to the California energy crisis, the
California Legislature passed and Governor Davis signed
Senate Bill 5X (Sher, Chapter 7, 1st Extraordinary Session,
Statutes of 2001), part of which requires the California
Energy Commission to adopt energy efficiency standards for
outdoor lighting.
The Commission intends to develop and adopt lighting
standards for all outdoor lighting applications, including
all non-conditioned areas that are not already subject to
existing California Standards. Such lighting includes but is
not limited to lighting in unconditioned buildings, lighting
that is mounted on the exterior of buildings, lighting that
is exterior to buildings but controlled from the electrical
panel of the building, and lighting that is not controlled
from a building. Examples of outdoor lighting include
lighting in unconditioned warehouses and other unconditioned
building spaces, lighting for parking lots, signage and
advertising, car lots, and service stations, street and
highway lighting and other outdoor lighting systems.
The Commission has targeted July 1, 2003 for adoption of
these new California Outdoor Lighting Standards. Those
portions of these Standards that are adopted in Title 24 are
expected to go into effect in conjunction with the 2005
California Building Code, expected to become mandatory in
2005. Between the 2003 adoption date and the 2005 effective
date, the Commission anticipates that the California
utilities will focus Public Goods Charge-funded programs on
providing a transition process for early, voluntary
compliance with the new Standards.
The Commission encourages the public and interested
persons to participate in the process. For additional
information please link to the following links:
For Questions About This Proceeding Contact:
Gary Flamm
Project Manager
Energy Efficiency and Demand Analysis Division
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-26
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: GFlamm@energy.state.ca.us
OR
Maziar Shiraka
Energy Efficiency and Demand Analysis Division
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-37
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: Mshirakh@energy.state.ca.us
Outdoor Lighting Section of Senate Bill No. 5X, Chapter 7,
(3) Existing law requires that State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission to adopt interior
and exterior lighting energy conservation standards, as
specified.
This bill would require the commission to adopt lighting
standards for outdoor lighting, as defined, that is not
subject to the above standards.
25402.5 (3) (c) The commission shall adopt efficiency
standards for outdoor lighting. The standards shall be
technologically feasible and cost-effective. As used in
this subdivision, "outdoor lighting" refers to all
electrical lighting that is not subject to standards adopted
pursuant to Section 25402, and includes, but is not limited
to, street lights, traffic lights, parking lot lighting, and
billboard lighting. The commission shall consult with the
Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) to ensure that
outdoor lighting standards that affect CALTRANS are
compatible with the department's policies and standards for
safety and illumination levels on state highways.
NOTE: A copy of the full text of SB 5X is available in
Adobe Acrobat Portable Document File format.
Download Full Text of SB 5X
(Acrobat PDF file, 16 pages, 54 kilobytes)
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