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GE Breaks Up with the CFL

Craig DiLouie February 2, 2016

GE has announced it will discontinue manufacturing compact fluorescent lamps for the U.S. market and focus its consumer lighting efforts on LED replacement lamps by the end of 2016.

According to GE, about 15% of consumers have tried LED. By 2020, with steadily declining costs and superior performance compared to CFLs, more than 50% of residential sockets in the U.S. are expected to make the switch to LED, while CFL sales are expected to decline threefold over the next few years.

Additionally, the new ENERGY STAR spec increases efficacy to a threshold difficult for today’s CFLs to qualify starting in 2017.

GE is now helping its retail partners like Walmart and Sam’s Club to lead the transition to LED. For example, Sam’s Club will be 100% LED by the end of the year.

Click here to read GE’s “breakup letter” to the CFL.

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