Iowa Admin. Code r. 199-20.16 - Exterior flood lighting
(1)
Newly installed lighting. All newly installed public
utility-owned exterior flood lighting shall be solid-state lighting or lighting
with equivalent or better energy efficiency.
(2)
In-service lighting replacement
schedule. In-service lighting shall be replaced with solid-state
lighting or lighting with equivalent or better energy efficiency when worn out
due to ballast, lamp, or fixture failure for any other reason, such as
vandalism or storm damage. A utility shall file with the board as part of the
utility's annual report required in 199-Chapter 23 a report stating the
progress in converting to higher pressure sodium lighting or lighting with
equivalent or higher energy efficiency. Information shall be provided as part
of the board 24/7 requirements.
(3)
Efficacy standards. Lighting other than solid-state has
equivalent or better efficacy if one or more of the following can be
established:
a. For fixtures, the mean
lumens-per-watt lamp rating is greater than 100; or
b. The new lighting uses no more energy per
installation than comparable, suitably sized solid-state; or
c. The new lighting luminaries have a mean
efficacy rating equal to or greater than 100 lumens per watt according to a
Department of Energy (DOE) Lighting Facts label, testing under the DOE
Commercially Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting Program (CALiPER),
Design Lights Consortium (DLC) or any other testing agency that follows
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America LM-79-08 test
procedures.
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