A rule issued in 2007, rolled back by the Trump administration, and updated last year by the Biden administration, effectively bans the sale of common incandescent light bulbs. The rule went fully …
Why is the government banning the bulbs?
New technology, including LED lights, provides a much more energy-efficient manner to light your home. The Department of Energy estimates the rules will save US consumers close to $3 billion on their utility bills, and project it will also cut planet-warming carbon emissions by 222 million metric tons over the next 30 years.You can continue to use whatever light bulbs you like, as long as they still work .
The ban is only on the manufacture and sale of light bulbs that produce fewer than 45 lumens per watt – not the usage of non-conforming bulbs.conducted by the US Energy Information Administration. So many Americans have moved on from incandescent bulbs, anyway.
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