Countdown to the Light Bulb Ban

60 days until we say goodbye to the incandescent light bulb

Born in Menlo Park, New Jersey, in the laboratory of Thomas Edison in the fall of 1879, and patented on January 27^th, 1880¹.

Died August 1^st, 2023, at the age of 143 years, at the hands of the US Department of Energy.

Any retailer caught selling an incandescent or halogen light bulb after July 31st 2023, can be fined $542 per bulb². New energy efficiency s…