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 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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

Get ready to dump your power-hungry incandescent light bulbs and replace them with some LED-inspired lighting. The government phase-out of current 100-watt incandescent bulbs goes into effect ...

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 ...

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.

It had already begun phasing out the 100-watt and then the 75-watt incandescent bulbs. And starting today, the more commonly used 40- and 60-watt bulbs can no longer be manufactured or imported.

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.

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.

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 ...