It s the result of years of work to make the state more energy efficient.
Can you still buy incandescent light bulbs in california.
If you live in california you can say goodbye to incandescent and halogen light bulbs.
Personally i actually prefer led bulbs over incandescents but i know many of you do not.
Under environmental regulations that take effect that.
According to the natural resource defense council ndrc the switch away from incandescent bulbs will save people and businesses in california more than 1 billion a year in energy savings.
Posted on july 7 2019.
As a result stores will not be allowed to sell incandescent light bulbs made after january 1 2018.
This decision didn t just suddenly happen.
From the ndrc website.
The california energy commission voted on november 13 2019 to ban the sale of inefficient light bulbs starting january 1 2020.
Yes you can still buy incandescent light bulbs.
On tuesday a federal judge in sacramento upheld the new california law than bans incandescent and other types of energy inefficient light bulbs.