It's about power. The government kind of power. Edison Bulb Band Takes Full Effect In 2014 — Lights Out For Freedom

Edison Bulb Band Takes Full Effect In 2014 — Lights Out For Freedom - Investors.com:

Bulb Ban: 

As of Wednesday, the manufacture and import of 60- and 40-watt incandescent light bulbs will be illegal — one more setback in the fight against government interference into the daily lives of the American people.

First they came for our light bulbs.

Before the onset of ObamaCare and its mandate to buy health insurance as a condition of citizenship, there was the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), one of the first things Democrats took up on retaking the House of Representatives in the 2006 elections.

....it was a precursor to the power grab that ensued on President Obama's election in 2008, the beginning of the total war on fossil fuels and consumer choice where government, not the free market, would tell us everything from what energy we could use to what cars we should drive.

... As with electric cars and solar energy, the new bulbs were so beneficial consumers had to be forced to use them.