Here Come the Lightbulb Bans: Low-Income Families Hardest Hit

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Here Come the Lightbulb Bans: Low-Income Families Hardest Hit
The Biden administration is moving forward with plans to implement a ban on several types of light bulbs in the coming weeks. The ban will reportedly affect certain halogen and incandescent bulbs that do not meet energy efficiency standards. The administration claims these efforts will reduce energy consumption and combat climate change.

I think it’s time we follow the format of media’a cliche headlines of “women, minorities hardest hit” but do so honestly, as the data indicate.

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While U.S. households have increasingly switched to LED light bulbs since 2015, fewer than half of households reported using mostly or exclusively LEDs, according to the most recent results from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey.

Overall, 47% use mostly or only LEDs, 15% use mostly incandescent or halogens, and 12% use mostly or all compact fluorescent (CFL), with another 26% reporting no predominant bulb type, the federal data showed. In December, the DOE introduced separate rules banning CFL bulbs, paving the way for LEDs to be the only legal light bulbs to purchase.

According to the survey data, LEDs are also far more popular in higher-income households, meaning the energy regulations will particularly impact lower-income Americans. While 54% of households with an income of more than $100,000 per year used LEDs, just 39% of households with an income of $20,000 or less used LEDs.

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