Starting today — New Year’s Day — it will be lights out for the popular 40- and 60-watt incandescent bulbs. It’s for our own good, we are told.

A familiar household staple — the 60-watt incandescent bulb, along with the 40-watt — is being phased out, and will soon be as obsolete as the rotary dial telephone It’s been 134 years since ...

The Jan. 1 deadline to end production of 60- and 40-watt incandescent light bulbs is here, but most Americans aren’t even aware that their traditional light sources will soon become a rare co… ...

As of Jan. 1, companies may no longer make 40 and 60 watt incandescent light bulbs. Updated: 9:39 AM EST Dec 30, 2013 More incandescent light bulbs about to disappear ...

The incandescent light bulb has been around since the late 1800s, but the venerable technology’s dominance seems just about over. On January 1, 2014, in keeping with a law passed by Congress in ...

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.

Bulb ban. A nationwide phase-out on 40 and 60-watt light bulbs starts this week. But many home improvement stores say customers are confused about where to find replacements.

GE Lighting has offered this 9-watt LED bulb, replacing the 40-watt incandescent bulb, since 2011. The company has engineered an LED bulb that produces as much light as the old 100-watt ...

Production of 40-watt and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs will be prohibited by law starting Jan. 1, and retailers are preparing for the changeover by informing consumers of their options and ...

LED bulbs replaced incandescent bulbs as of 2023, but users are still adjusting to figuring out what an LED's equivalent wattage is to their old ones.

The Jan. 1 deadline to end production of 60- and 40-watt incandescent light bulbs is fast approaching, but most Americans aren't even aware that their traditional light sources will soon become a ...