California plans more exacting LED retrofit lamp guidelines

Just as it did in phasing out incandescent lamps more quickly than the federal government, the state of California has a new guideline for LED retrofit lamps that is more stringent than Energy Star guidelines in some areas. The California Energy Commission (CEC) has published the voluntary guideline, working initially from research performed by the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at the University of California Davis, and lamp manufacturers will have to comply to have their solid-state lighting (SSL) retrofits be eligible for utility rebates.