Sausalito, California, plans to install 276 new LED streetlights

Using general capital project funds of $118,820, the city council of Sausalito, California, has authorized the department of public works to begin planning and implementing the city’s first major LED streetlight installation. City officials determined that using capital funds would help the city realize immediate savings from energy use reduction. According to the department of public works, the city will replace approximately 276 existing high pressure sodium (HPS) and mercury vapor streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by Leotek Electronics of Milpitas, California.  In addition to the HPS and mercury vapor streetlights, the city also owns about 190 incandescent streetlights which are also targeted for future replacement.


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Petaluma, California, plans to install 130 LED streetlights

The city council of Petaluma, California, recently granted final approval to a planned LED streetlight replacement project.

Petaluma plans to replace approximately 130 streetlights. The project will be funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program and is valued at $115,954. Although the city has not actively tested LED streetlight technology in pilots, recently amended city code requires new planned developments to install the energy efficient roadway fixtures.

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Nova Scotia Power seeks to identify interested vendors for LED streetlight project involving 25,000 fixtures

Nova Scotia Power, Inc. (NSPI), an electric utility providing power to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, is in the process of evaluating suppliers of LED streetlights for a planned installation. Recent legislation stipulates that all of the province’s existing roadway streetlights be converted to LED streetlights with the implementation period for the streetlight conversion to take place over a five year period. Nova Scotia Power owns and maintains about 120,000 streetlights throughout the province.


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Lompoc, California, city council approves rate for LED streetlights

The city council of Lompoc, California, has adopted a new electric utility rate schedule for the city’s LED streetlights following staff recommendations to make a rate change.

Previously, the city of Lompoc only had had rates reflecting the use of high pressure sodium (HPS) fixtures. The new rate schedule reflects the lower energy consumption of LED streetlights and provides a competitive rate structure for the energy efficient fixtures.

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Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities plans to issue an RFP for its member communities

Funded by grant awards from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, communities throughout the state of Iowa are beginning the conversion of existing streetlights to the energy efficient solid state technology of LEDs. Iowa communities received grants of $1.8 million which were to be used to implement energy efficient streetlighting. These federal grants are locally administered by Iowa Office of Energy Independence.  The majority of grant recipients are communities which are also municipal utilities. These municipal utilities are represented by the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities (IAMU).


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Asheville, North Carolina, plans installation of 2,800 LED streetlights from BetaLED in November 2011

In November, the city of Asheville, North Carolina, will initiate  Phase II of its ambitious plan to replace all existing city streetlights with energy efficient LED streetlight fixtures.

The plan was developed by city officials to drive energy savings and align with long-term municipal environmental goals of reducing the city’s carbon footprint. Over 700 LED fixtures manufactured by BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting of Racine, Wisconsin, have been installed on city roadways. Approximately 2,800 BetaLED fixtures will be installed in Phase II of the program, which is slated to begin in November 2011. The third phase is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2012, followed by a fourth and final phase. The city’s streetlight installation program is facilitated through Progress Energy, the city’s energy provider.

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