Saratoga, California, to install Philips Hadco LED streetlight fixtures with $168,675 in EECBG funds

The city of Saratoga, California is prepared to begin a streetlight replacement project that targets city-owned decorative post-top fixtures for replacement with LED luminaires. This project focuses on ninety-seven streetlights located in the historic downtown shopping district of the city. Saratoga was awarded $168,675 from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program funded by the US Department of Energy. The California EECBG awards are locally administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC).

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Marysville, California, turns off streetlights to save money and switches to LED streetlights

In a dramatic move to cut costs, the city of Marysville, California, has turned off nearly fifty percent of the city’s streetlights. This effort to save money means that streetlights in residential as well as business districts have been turned off, and it is uncertain if they will ever be returned to use. However, there are approximately six hundred operational streetlights remaining and they are slated to be replaced with new LED luminaires. The city of Marysville has been approved for a $69,804 grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. This grant is locally administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC). City officials hope to install up to two hundred LED streetlight fixtures under this program.

Want to sponsor a Marysville streetlight to keep it burning? Contact the city for their map of streetlights.

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Oroville, California, to install 300 LED streetlights using $152,126 in local and federal funds

Oroville, California, plans to initiate a 300 LED streetlight deployment project in early 2011. The city of Oroville will replace approximately 300 high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with LED luminaires. According to city officials, the public works department will use a combination of local funds and an award from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The city anticipates spending a total of $152,126 on the LED streetlight deployment.

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Lemoore, California, awarded $136,469 for LED streetlights

The city of Lemoore, California, has received $136,469 from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The award will be used to replace approximately 250 existing high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures.

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Clinton Climate Initiative: street lighting up to 159 terawatt hours of electricity consumption globally per year

The Clinton Climate Initiative reports that street lighting may account for 159 terawatt hours of electricity use globally every year. A department within the William J. Clinton Foundation, the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) in a recent report highlights LED streetlights and induction streetlights as technologies that could reduce electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions significantly when deployed on a wide scale.

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PS: That's 159,000,000 megawatts or 159,000,000,000,000 watts.

Chico, California, awarded $650,000 for LED streetlights

The city of Chico, California, is preparing to launch an LED streetlight project which will target approximately 20% of the city’s existing streetlights for replacement. Chico has received an award from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program, of which $650,000 will be used to purchase and install LED streetlight fixtures. The LED luminaires will replace existing city-owned high pressure sodium (HPS) fixtures located throughout the metropolitan area. City officials are working with representatives from energy supplier Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) on a full streetlight analysis and inventory.

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Image source: Wikipedia - Seal of the City of Chico, California

San Ramon, California, awards $215,600 LED streetlight project to Republic ITS

The city of San Ramon, California, has awarded an LED streetlight replacement project to Republic ITS, an electrical contracting and transportation engineering firm with offices in the San Francisco Bay area. The $215,600 project, awarded after a competitive bid process, is funded by a grant from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The award is locally administered by the California Energy Commission (CEC).

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Image source: Republic ITS website