Like the incandescent bulb before it, the compact fluorescent (CFL) bulb is rapidly fading into obscurity as there are fewer and fewer reasons to use them over their LED successors. But there are ...

If you have any faulty CFL bulbs at your home, don’t throw them to trash, but store them to cut down your electricity bills. Sounds strange? Well, the National Service Scheme (NSS) technical cell ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Regulators on Wednesday ordered FirstEnergy Corp. to develop a comprehensive program by the end of the month to distribute its 4.75 million compact fluorescent light bulbs. The ...

State regulators have pulled the plug -- temporarily -- on FirstEnergy Corp's controversial program to deliver energy-efficient light bulbs to customers and then charge them. Alan Schriber, chairman ...

Compact fluorescent lightbulbs are touted as big money savers. But since they cost so much more than incandescent bulbs, can I really save money by switching to CFLs? In a world filled with ...

A recent post on the U.S. phase-out of 40- and 60-watt low-efficiency incandescent light bulbs, which became official January 1, elicited a lot of response from readers. Many commenters were critical ...

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) were born during the oil crisis that began in 1973. They became popular by the 2010s, when concerns about energy efficiency as a way to combat climate change rose ...