In a small but critical victory for energy efficiency, Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives failed to garner the two-thirds majority vote necessary to repeal light bulb efficiency standards set to go into effect in January 2012.
Sa isang maliit ngunit kritikal na tagumpay para sa enerhiya kahusayan, Republican pamumuno sa US House of Representatives Nabigo upang kumamal ng dalawang-ikatlong mayoriya ng boto na kinakailangan upang pag-uurong liwanag pamantayan ng kahusayan bombilya nakatakda sa umiral sa Enero 2012.