Crony Capitalism through the back door.
The government has eliminated competition for manufacturers of CFLs like General Electric.
No more of those inefficient incandescents for 25¢ a pop. - Now we will be forced to spent 10 or 20 times as much for an inferior product.
And let's not forget - this leftist policy was proposed by a republican and signed into law by George "Dubya" Bush.
Lately the quality of incandescent bulbs has been pretty bad anyway.