'GOP and Democratic sources tell POLITICO the final omnibus bill includes a rider defunding the Energy Department's standards for traditional incandescent light bulbs to be 30 percent more energy efficient'.
'DOE's light bulb rules — authorized under a 2007 energy law authored signed by President George W. Bush — would start going into effect Jan. 1. The rider will prevent DOE from implementing the rules through Sept. 30'.
From : http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70534.html
This is one of the things I wasn't looking forward to. Replacing cheap incandescent bulds with very not so cheap CFL's of LED's. I've spent the last year stockpiling so I've got a 1-2 year supply of the cheap bulds and since I get my Natural Gas via Avista NOT my electricity, Avista isn't going to send me 7 CFL's.
Yes we all need to help in 'saving the Planet' yada, yada, yada BUT! when we are so use to getting a 4 pk of incandescents for a dollar and then having to go to a single CFL for $4-$5. Come on man!
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