Los Angeles:
The brightest bulb in most homes for more than a century is fading toward darkness this year as California turns out the light on the century-old incandescent.
Beginning Jan. 1, the state began phasing out certain energy-sucking bulbs, federal standards the rest of the country will enact next year. Manufacturers will no longer make the traditional 100-watt bulb. The 75-, 60- and 40-watt incandescent bulbs will be phased out by 2014.
Consumers will have to choose from more efficient bulbs including halogen, compact fluorescents and light-emitting diode, or LED, bulbs. The change is part of the federal Energy Independence and Security Act that President George W. Bush signed in 2007.
Beginning Jan. 1, the state began phasing out certain energy-sucking bulbs, federal standards the rest of the country will enact next year. Manufacturers will no longer make the traditional 100-watt bulb. The 75-, 60- and 40-watt incandescent bulbs will be phased out by 2014.
Consumers will have to choose from more efficient bulbs including halogen, compact fluorescents and light-emitting diode, or LED, bulbs. The change is part of the federal Energy Independence and Security Act that President George W. Bush signed in 2007.
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