While efficiency regulations banned new 100-watt incandescent bulbs in 2012, LED manufacturer Cree says the future is bright for fans of high-wattage lights. On Wednesday, the North Carolina-based ...

The 100-watt incandescent bulb was phased out in 2012, followed by the 75-watt variety in 2013. Some incandescent bulbs are exempt from the law, such as colored light bulbs and incandescents used ...

So long 100-watt incandescent light bulbs — California is ordering them off store shelves starting Jan. 1 in an energy-saving move. For now at the Home Depot in Redding, Calif., the bright ...

While there are still a few 100 watt incandescent on the shelf-- those bulbs went out of production two years ago. "People were hoarding them in the beginning.

The new bulb has similar shape, brightness and glow of a 100-watt incandescent bulb, but consumes only 20 watts of electricity. It provides up to 25,000 hours of light, which is 25 times longer ...

Still, the 100-watt lamp is among the most commonly used household light bulbs, according to the General Electric Co., with more than 200 million bulbs sold annually in the U.S. alone.

Beginning Jan. 1, the production of 40- and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs is banned as part of efficiency standards signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007.

A 100-watt incandescent light bulb seen at Royal Lighting in Los Angeles on Jan. 21, 2011 -- before the bulbs were banned by a 2007 law. (AP Photo) ...

The incandescent 100-watt light bulbs are cheap, but they're energy wasters. /*Consumer Reports*/ tested replacement options - CFLs and halogens, as well as a combination halogen-CFL bulb from GE.

On January 1, 2014 manufacturers will stop producing the standard 40 and 60 watt incandescent light bulbs in the United States. The 75 and 100 watt bulbs were discontinued in 2013.

Any bulb manufactured before Jan. 1, 2011, still can be sold. The federal regulations do not affect a variety of specialty incandescent bulbs, such as three-way, colored, bug lights and heavy-duty ...

The new law is effectively a ban, Horn argued, because lower wattage will stop the production of the 100-watt incandescent and traditional smaller watt bulbs.