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Released: January 13, 2012
California imposes energy-efficiency standards on battery chargers
Source: Marc Lifsher, L.A.Times (Free Registration)
California’s cellphones, tablet computers, power tools and hundreds of other portable electronic devices will be required to have energy-stingy battery chargers beginning next year.
The California Energy Commission on a 3-0 vote Thursday approved first-in-the-nation efficiency standards targeting about 170 million so-called vampire charging systems that waste as much as 60% of the electricity they suck from outlets.
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