Energy Efficiency Advocates Urge DOE To Quickly Finish Lighting Rules

Energy efficiency advocates are pressing the Biden administration to complete a pair of proposed rules that would jumpstart a full transition to more efficient lightbulbs like LEDs, with the Energy Department (DOE) moving to undo a Trump-era block on the high-profile standards. The Biden DOE proposals are the latest efforts to comply with a 2007 energy law that aimed to boost lighting efficiency, even as some Republicans have subsequently characterized the lightbulb standards as an example of overly stringent efficiency...