Fiona Hall MEP

Fiona Hall has launched a petition that will help thousands of people in the North East save money on fuel bills.

The energy spokesperson has been lobbying in the European Parliament for an EU wide ban on old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs.

Lightbulb company Osram have recently estimated that if every household in the UK switched just one of its old-fashioned light bulbs to an energy saving version, a power station could be closed down.

Australia announced recently that it is banning the energy-wasteful appliances and Ms Hall says that the UK too should be demanding that old-style light bulbs get taken off the market

Fiona said:

“A recent government study found 103,000 households living in fuel poverty in the North East, 9.5% of all households in the region.

“In most homes lighting accounts for around 10-15% of an electricity bill. Energy efficient light bulbs last six times longer than incandescants because they do not turn energy into heat."

The Energy Saving Trust say that replacing just one light buIlb can save Ł100 over the bulb’s life time.

Fiona is urging people to join her in calling for a Europe wide ban on energy guzzling old-fashioned light bulbs and help everybody to save energy and money.

She said:

“Electric light shouldn't literally be costing us the earth. I hope as many people as possible will support the petition."

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