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The California Energy Commission votes 5-0 in favor of the nation's first efficiency regulations for televisions of up to 58 inches sold in the state. The stricter rules take effect Jan. 1, 2011.

California regulators appear to be on track to pass the nation's first ban on energy-hungry, big-screen TVs, the Los Angeles Times reports. The newspaper says the influential lobby group Consumer Electronics Association appears to be losing the battle and is asking the California Energy Commission instead to let consumers decide on their own whether to buy the most energy-saving new models of LCD and plasma high-def TVs.