He's technically correct in a roundabout, oily politician sort of way. See the incandescent light bulb was technically never banned by the 2007 legislation, the efficiency standards were just set so high that no incandescent bulb could ever meet them. A ban in all but name. Sort of like Obamas eventual goal to ban use of fossil fuels, he knows an outright ban would never fly, but he can accomplish the same goal by setting efficiency and pollution control standards so high it's effectively a ban.
Call it a solar simulator.