This product image courtesy of Philips Lighting shows a Philips EcoVantage Soft White 72 watt bulb. New federal standards were to kick in after the New Year requiring 100-watt bulbs to be more energy efficient. Then Congress, in a bill passed to keep the government running, blocked enforcement of the new law until October 2012. (AP Photo/Philips Lighting)
**FILE** In this photo from April 18, 2011, Frans van Houten, CEO of lighting and consumer electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics, poses prior to a news conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Associated Press)