DLC Raises Prices

—–Original Message—–
From: DesignLights Consortium [mailto:[email protected]
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: DLC revises Product Family Grouping Fee 
Importance: High

Dear LED Commercial Luminaire Manufacturer,

As of today, March 12, 2012, the DesignLights(tm) Consortium revises its fee for Product Family Member luminaires to $25 each from $20.


We have discovered that the current fee level does not fully cover our cost of analysis. With the increase in Product Family Grouping applications, this has become a problem, so we are making this change immediately. For applications which we have in hand as of today, the old fee ($20 each) will still apply.

DLC’s product family grouping application fee structure is stated as follows: 

For a product family, the application fee shall be:

*         $500 per independent lab test required under the product group application procedure, plus

*         $20 per product family member listed through self-reported in-house testing.

The new statement of fee structure (updated on the website) will read this way:

For a product family, the application fee shall be:

*         $500 per independent lab test required under the product group application procedure, plus

*         $25 per product family member listed through self-reported in-house testing.

We thank you in advance for your patience, cooperation and support.