The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), Rosslyn, Va., will be pressing Congress in the next few months to preserve language in House and Senate energy bills now on Capitol Hill that it believes would benefit the electrical industry.

The House passed its energy bill in August, while the Senate passed its version last month. Several items in the proposed legislation, now awaiting conference, would be of particular importance to the electrical industry. NEMA has focused its lobbying efforts on these areas: language requiring efficiency ratings for transformers to conform to those in NEMA standard TP1, TP2 and TP3; provisions requiring lighted exit signs and traffic signs be certified EnergyStar products; a federal product procurement standard for motors based on the NEMA Premium motor efficiency standard; higher energy-efficiency goals for new federal installations and retrofits; and the establishment of a consortium to develop solid-state lighting technology.

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