"Feds Set Efficiency Standards for Light Bulbs, Ice-Makers"

"The Energy Department set new efficiency standards for certain light bulbs and commercial ice-makers, which it said would save consumers and businesses billions of dollars.

The rules are the ninth and 10th efficiency standards from the Energy Department this year for appliances and equipment, fulfilling the Obama administration’s goal of making final 10 efficiency rules in 2014.

'As part of President Obama’s climate action plan, the Energy Department set an ambitious goal of finalizing 10 energy efficiency standards this year, and with the new efficiency standards for general service fluorescent lamps and automatic commercial ice makers, we have reached that goal,' Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a Wednesday statement."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill December 31, 2014.