The state has mandated that all new construction be fitted with fixtures that only fit Plug In Compact Fluorescent light bulbs. Incandescent light bulbs and halogens aren’t made with this type of plug in base so there is no risk of you buying one of those. This is in an effort to keep the energy consumption down and to control the rolling blackouts that can happen there in the summer time.
Many other areas of the country are using these types of fixtures as well but it’s not mandated by the government like in California. The light bulbs generally looks like the one below and will have either two or four plug in prongs at the bottom of the bulb. And the bulb will be either tubes that are straight and there will be multiple tubes or they will curve up and over and will generally have 2 or 3 bulbs that curve over.
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