• The new rules went into effect in 2007.

    However, some conservative and Republican lawmakers denounced them for interfering with consumer choice and placing undue burdens on businesses. Under former President Donald Trump, the Energy Department scrapped them in 2019.

    Conservative in your bed room to inspect your genitals, but your light bulb are out of reach.

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      Undue burden, fucking lol. How dare the government force businesses to save money and maintenance time!

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      they aren’t “Conservative”, they’re just cowardly bullies and ignorant fucking trolls… they don’t deserve any fancy names…

      you have to actually understand governance and be good at it to consider yourself Conservative… these people are morons and ignorant fascists, who destroy everything and steal whatever isn’t nailed down…

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      While opposed by many conservatives, the Bill was signed into law by conservative ( GW Bush). Go figure . Also Intresting to me is the members of the Senate that didn’t vote on the bill: Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Hagel, McCain, Obama .

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          I am going to assume that you are not American, so you are ignorant about how our laws work. The DOE is enforcing parts of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act that were amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which I mentioned in my previous reply.

          You can read the bill here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/6/text . Including this:

          Amends EPCA to prescribe energy efficiency standards for general service incandescent lamps, rough service lamps, and other designated lamps.

          So yes, the DOE is making rules but it can’t makes rules in a vacuum. It is directed to do so by the bills signed into law by the President of the United States (or in some cases just by Congress if a veto is overridden). In 2019, the Trump administration’s DOE blocked the rule that was going to be implemented. In 2023 the Biden administration’s DOE enforced the rule. None of this could happen without congress.