The Department of Energy (DOE) is prepared to start imposing fines on American companies buying and selling most incandescent light bulbs, according to E&E News.
After years of political and regulatory fighting over the status of incandescent light bulbs, the DOE is set to enforce light bulb regulations which will cement the market dominance of LED light bulbs, according to E&E News. [emphasis, links added]
The DOE can impose fines on companies involved in buying and selling incandescent bulbs, which were used in about 50% of U.S. homes as of 2020, according to the report.
The agency is permitted to impose a $542 fine upon manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers per each violation, according to E&E News.
The penalties could rise as high as millions of dollars for large orders of incandescent bulbs, according to E&E News.
While previous regulatory efforts regarding light bulbs had not included retailers in their purview, the enforcement push will include retailers in its scope, according to E&E News.
The DOE confirmed last week that enforcement actions are underway, but it is presently unclear to what extent, according to E&E News.
“They can go after you if you’re a brick-and-mortar store, an online retailer, a distributor, an importer. They can go after anyone in the (supply) chain they want,” said Daniel Eisenberg, an attorney with Beveridge & Diamond PC, according to E&E News.
“It’s going to impact a much wider sector of the economy than the typical Department of Energy appliance efficiency standard does.”
Though there is not an outright ban on incandescent bulbs, the DOE has extended the list of light bulbs under its regulatory purview and adopted an efficiency standard approved by Congress in 2007, which together will make nearly all incandescent light bulbs on the market run afoul of the DOE’s standards, according to E&E News.
“For the garden variety light bulb, the era of the incandescent bulb has come to an end,” Andrew deLaski, executive director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project, said to E&E News.
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When we lived in Bellevue I used 300 watt incandescent light bulbs under thermostatic control to keep my green house above freezing in winter. If I ever finish the green house in my current location, without the incandescent light bulbs available, I’ll have to use space heaters on the low setting. This will use a lot more power. I also use a night light attached to a hummingbird feeder to keep the liquid at the bottom from freezing. LED night lights don’t produce enough heat, so it looks like I’ll be using high wattage resisters.
How am I going to live without my Easy Bake oven?
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