Reporting from Sacramento – Concerned that the growing popularity of big-screen televisions could make it harder for California to keep pace with electricity demand, state energy regulators are poised to crack down on energy-guzzling sets despite opposition from a powerful electronics trade group.
The first-in-the-nation TV efficiency standards would require electronics retailers to sell only energy-sipping models starting in 2011. Even tougher efficiency criteria would follow in 2013.
The California Energy Commission is slated to unveil the new standards today, followed by a 45-day public comment period. The commission is expected to approve the measure in early November.
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Yep. Strangely enough people have been noticing this for oh, at least the last decade or more, right in tandem with the much more ubiquitous and massive computer usage draining the grid at all times of the day & night. It’s a whole new world, but we really have to plan better for it.
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/18651/
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