>LED bulbs (which were still available at time of the regulations)
LED bulbs were readily available at the time? My memory might be fuzzy, but the phase out started in 2012[1], and the lighting section at the hardware store was a sea of CFLs.
[1] In December 2007, the federal government enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), [...] The law was to effectively ban most incandescent light bulbs, starting in January 2012.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_incandescent_ligh...
LED bulbs were readily available at the time? My memory might be fuzzy, but the phase out started in 2012[1], and the lighting section at the hardware store was a sea of CFLs.
[1] In December 2007, the federal government enacted the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), [...] The law was to effectively ban most incandescent light bulbs, starting in January 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_incandescent_ligh...