Sign petition
We, the undersigned residents, consumers, patients, caregivers, and professionals of the United States, write in support of the Petition for Rulemaking filed in Docket EERE-2022-BT-STD-0022 concerning the 2028 General Service Lamp efficacy standard.
The mandate taking effect in July 2028 will, as a practical matter, eliminate incandescent and halogen lighting from American homes. We believe this outcome has been reached without adequate consideration of well-documented health concerns — including melatonin suppression, circadian disruption, sub-visible flicker, migraine and seizure triggering, and heightened sensitivity in children, the elderly, and people with specific medical conditions — and without meaningful attention to consumer choice, light quality, and transition costs.
We respectfully ask the Department of Energy to:
Stay the July 2028 compliance deadline in its entirety.
Repeal or substantially amend the Final Rule so that incandescent and halogen lamps remain available to ordinary consumers without medical, professional, or architectural precondition.
Reopen the public record to receive evidence on flicker, blue-light exposure, circadian disruption, and statutory authority.
Coordinate with NIH, FDA, and CPSC on an independent review of the health and consumer-welfare implications of mandated solid-state lighting adoption before any successor standard is proposed.
We sign this letter in our individual capacities. Our interests include health and medical accommodation, household consumer choice, professional lighting practice, and the preservation of historic residential architecture.