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California Official: No Plan to Ban Big-Screen TVs
Winston Woo
CNBC.com
Tuesday, Oct 20th, 2009
Despite widespread reports in the media, California
is not planning to ban the sale of large-screen TVs, an Energy
Commission spokesman said.
The reports—in several California-based news outlets
in the past week—stirred outrage among California residents,
who saw this as another attempt by state government to regulate
their personal lives. California's move, an attempt to cut down
on energy use, was also being studied by several other states,
including Massachusetts.
In reality, California is planning to impose tougher
power-consumption standards on TVs with screen sizes of 58 inches
or less, according to Adam Gottlieb, a spokesperson for the
Energy Commission.
"Screens greater than 58 inches are not being considered
at this time," he added.
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