Insist that any HID service visit result in LED conversion.

Stop letting your utility repair and maintain old-technology streetlights.

5 Lakes can help with ownership conversion discussions and sorting out how to manage municipally owned lights.

Don’t worry about managing them – competitive-market lighting contractors can maintain your streetlights for less than utilities charge. Retain ownership of whatever lights are already municipally owned, and whenever financially feasible buy out utility lights or replace them with new, municipally owned lights.

Can add advanced lighting controls and smart-city functions that multiply benefits of LEDs.

Enjoy superior reliability and faster outage restoration.

Save 50% or more compared to utility tariffs.

Municipalities that own their lights typically: If you own your streetlights, you need to buy only electricity from your utility. Contact us for more information or help with these ideas, or anything else streetlight related. We draw on the 5 Lakes Energy team’s extensive experience advocating street light issues and intervening in rate cases on behalf of local governments.

Information is power, however, and knowing what you should expect and how to get it from your utility can greatly improve your outcomes. Many local governments pay too much for street lighting and get bad service because investor-owned utilities control their streetlights. Street lighting is often a local government’s biggest energy expenditure and the most widespread and visible service that local governments provide. Municipal Street Lighting: Ten Tips for Local Governments

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