The point of the progressive agenda is always to make energy more expensive, not less. If you keep this in mind, many things that otherwise would make no sense, make perfect sense. The Left loves high energy costs. If you just accept that premise, everything they do on the energy scene makes sense, even the bad things (which is most of them).
“The point of the progressive agenda is always to make energy more expensive, not less.”
Bingo! LED are better as far as useable light and using far less electricity to run, but, as you mention, that isn’t what is driving the laws against incandescent bulbs. The laws are merely making lighting more expensive.
Rule#1: The elites want you dead.