The phaseout officially begins with the 100-Watt incandescent light bulb on January 2012 and ends with the 40-Watt bulb in 2014. Any light bulbs outside of these requirements are exempt from the ban.
Part of the Bill mandates that all light bulbs must use 30% less energy by 2014. It also states that by 2020, all light bulbs must be 70% more efficient than bulbs used in 2007 and produce a minimum of 45 lumens per Watt.
Other countries around the world have beaten the United States to ban the bulb. Among the first countries to outright ban all incandescent bulbs were Australia, Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela. The UK is phasing out the incandescent by the end of 2011. Canada follows with a complete ban by 2012 as well as many other countries in Europe.
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