NYPA Partners with New Hartford to Replace All Town Streetlights with LED Fixtures

Date
03/16/2022

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Energy-Efficient Lighting Upgrades to Result in Energy Cost Savings, Emissions Reductions

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Town of New Hartford in Oneida County began the installation of energy-efficient LED streetlights throughout the town as part of the state’s Smart Street Lighting NY program. New York has now replaced more than 300,000 of its streetlights with LED fixtures, a significant milestone in the state’s goal to replace at least 500,000 streetlights with LED technology by 2025 under Smart Street Lighting NY. The initiative directly supports the goals of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the most aggressive climate change law in the nation, through the increased use of energy efficiency to annually reduce electricity demand by three percent—equivalent to 1.8 million New York households—by 2025.

The nearly $1.1 million project, implemented and financed by the Power Authority, includes the replacement of 586 existing fixtures with state-of-the-art energy efficient LED streetlights. The project is expected to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 28.5 metric tons annually—the emissions equivalent of consuming more than 3,200 gallons of gasoline. Installation began in February and is expected to complete in August of this year.

“Smart Street Lighting NY helps municipalities upgrade critical infrastructure in an energy-efficient and cost-effective manner,” said Anthony J. Picente, Jr., NYPA trustee and Oneida County Executive. “NYPA’s partnership with the Town of New Hartford will result in significant local energy savings while helping New York State achieve its goal to replace 500,000 streetlights with LED technology by 2025.”

 “In replacing our streetlights, we are increasing New Hartford’s energy efficiency while realizing significant energy cost savings,” said New Hartford Town Supervisor Paul A. Miscione. “Smart Street Lighting NY provided our town with a tremendous opportunity to upgrade our critical infrastructure at no expense to the taxpayer, and we are proud to partner with the Power Authority in this effort.”

Some additional municipalities that have already converted to LED streetlights in collaboration with NYPA include: Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Albany, and White Plains, among others.

Smart Street Lighting NY: Energy Efficient and Economically Advantageous

NYPA is working with cities, towns, villages and counties throughout New York to fully manage and implement a customer’s transition to LED streetlight technology. NYPA provides upfront financing for the project, with payments to NYPA made in the years following from the cost-savings created by the reduced energy use of the LED streetlights, which are 50 to 65 percent more efficient than alternative street lighting options.

Through this statewide street lighting program, NYPA’s government customers are provided a wide array of lighting options to help meet their individual needs, including specifications on the lights to incorporate Smart technology, which can be used for dozens of other functions, such as cameras and other safety features, weather sensors, Wi-Fi and energy meters.

To further advance the state’s effort to replace existing New York streetlights, in 2020, NYPA launched a new maintenance service to provide routine and on-call maintenance services for LED street lighting fixtures installed by NYPA throughout the state. The new service is available to municipalities that have engaged NYPA to implement a LED street lighting conversion and have elected to install an asset management controls system on their street lighting system, reducing the number of failures and repairs needed after installation is complete.

To learn more about the Smart Street Lighting NY program, visit the program webpage on NYPA’s website.

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