DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott, Finance Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT: Streetlight Program
SUMMARY:
Staff will provide a briefing on the city wide streetlight program, proposed new CPS Energy LED streetlight rates, and updates to the CPS Energy LED Retrofit streetlight rates at the Transportation, Technology, and Utilities (TTU) Committee.
BACKGROUND:
City staff has worked with CPS Energy to make improvements to existing city wide streetlight infrastructure. The City's current streetlight inventory consists of approximately 72,500 lights. These streetlights can be grouped into the following wattage/size categories: 100Watt (W) streetlights for residential neighborhoods; 250W streetlights for the City's major thoroughfares; and, 400W streetlights for some major six lane roads with center turning lanes, and areas that require a high level of lighting, such as downtown. The City has completed the retrofit of approximately 23,500 250W streetlights replacing existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) streetlights with Light Emitting Diode (LED) streetlights.
The major benefits of LED streetlights are: reduced energy usage; reduced maintenance and replacement costs due to longer life expectancy; and reduced fuel costs due to lower energy usage. These benefits are projected to produce significant energy, maintenance, and fuel savings over the useful life of the LED streetlights.
Staff will be bringing forward an ordinance for consideration that would authorize approval of CPS Energy LED rates for five new streetlight rate classes as well as updated prices on the existing LED Retrofit streetlight tariff. The proposed ordinance will facilitate the progression of certain streetlight improvement projects including the Residential LED Streetlight Retrofit Project and the District 5 Additional Streetlight Improvement Project.
Major Thoroughfare LED Streetlight Retrofit Project
On September 20, 2012, C...
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