Menlo Park, California, plans 1,500 LED streetlight installation

The city of Menlo Park, California is awaiting a decision by the California Energy Commission (CEC) for a supplemental award to complete the city’s LED streetlight retrofit program. City officials applied for a second funding round of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) awards from the CEC. The CEC has been issuing awards as funding has become available. The city of Menlo Park requested $739,161 which will be used to replace approximately 1,500 existing streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures.


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Rossford, Ohio, issues RFP for decorative LED streetlights

Funded by an award from the US Department of Energy, the city of Rossford, Ohio, seeks proposals as the first step in the city’s initial LED streetlight installation. The city of Rossford received a grant totaling $210,474 for energy efficient projects, which include efforts involving LED streetlights, traffic and pedestrian signal heads and school zone flashers. The grant is provided through an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) and is locally administered by the Ohio Department of Development. A portion of the EECBG grant will be used to purchase and install eleven new LED streetlights and poles.


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