Hey, Why NOT? The Guv'mint has killed the auto industry with their insane regulations, now they are going to kill the electronics industry the same way.
That's only correct if not taking into account and adjusting for the generally larger size of digital TVs. Comparing per square inch, plasma TVs are using on average 10%-25% less energy than CRT (plasmas use less energy when displaying darker picture or motion scenes, while vacuum tubes / CRTs and LCDs power usage is basically constant) and LCDs are using about 25%-50% less than plasmas, depending on the light / brightness / contrast parameters and settings. CRTs and plasmas also emit a lot more heat than LCDs. CRT sets have the most lead, LCDs have the least. Some newer LCDs wih multiples of 60Hz internal frequencey (120 / 240 / 480Hz) to reduce pixelation, might use more energy, but still not as much as plasma. According to preliminary studies, the upcoming LED / OLED TVs will use much less energy than LCDs (30%-60% and not requiring backlighting), in addition to having brighter colors. But that's still years off commercially.