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“Smart Street Lighting NY” Program Announced for All Municipalities Across New York State

500,000 Street Lights to Be Converted to LED Technology by 2025 as Announced by Governor Cuomo in 2018 State of State

Initiative Will Reduce Energy Consumption, Save Taxpayers $87 Million Annually and Reduce Greenhouse Gas–Supporting the State’s Goal for 40 Percent Reduction of Emissions by 2030

Smart Street Lighting NY Launch Video Available Here

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced Smart Street Lighting NY, a new statewide program that calls for at least 500,000 street lights throughout the state to be replaced with energy-saving LED technology by 2025. The program has the potential to reduce energy consumption across the state by 482 gigawatt hours annually—the equivalent of nearly 45,000 households—saving taxpayers $87 million a year, drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and improving the quality of light and safety of communities across the state. The program was announced by the Governor in the 2018 State of the State and directly supports his goal to reduce climate emissions 40 percent by 2030, based on 1990 levels.

“This modernization program will help save taxpayer money, increase energy efficiency, and increase public safety through increased visibility,” Governor Cuomo said. “It’s a win-win-win that complements this administration’s efforts to fight climate change and create a cleaner, greener New York for all.”

Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul announced the initiative today at the Association of Towns of the State of New York 2018 Annual Meeting in New York City.

Lt. Gov. NY State Kathy Hochul

“As a Councilmember for over a decade, I know firsthand the challenges faced by local governments to provide excellent services while keeping the tax burden low,” said Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, who announced the program. “This initiative helps municipalities turn to smart street lighting to reduce energy and maintenance costs and help make communities cleaner and safer.”

The New York Power Authority will lead this interdisciplinary and interagency initiative with the Department of Public Service, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the Department of Environmental Conservation and other state agencies to offer a one-stop-shop solution for municipalities to replace inefficient streetlights with the cleaner, more efficient LED technology, and provide technical expertise on design, procurement and construction.

NYPA will work with cities, towns, villages and counties throughout New York to fully manage and implement a customer’s transition to LED streetlight technology. The Power Authority will provide upfront financing for the project, with payments made to NYPA in the years following from the cost-savings created by the reduced energy use of the LED streetlights. NYPA is also willing to finance the purchase of street lighting systems from a municipality’s utility if needed.

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.

Smart Street Lighting NY is the latest advance under Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s BuildSmart NY initiative to increase energy efficiency in municipalities and publicly owned buildings. It builds upon the Power Authority’s commitment in June 2017 to develop $300 million annually in energy efficiency and renewable measures at public facilities by 2019. The increase in energy efficiency improvements doubles what NYPA implements today.

Smart Street Lighting NY will also be incorporated into NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Communities program and DEC’s Climate Smart Communities program to amplify the outreach for the NYPA program to help interested municipalities throughout the state.

Alicia Barton, president and CEO, NYSERDA, said, “By replacing conventional street lights with energy efficient LED technology, municipalities are demonstrating a commitment to decreasing their carbon footprint while reducing energy costs. The Smart Street Lighting NY program supports Governor Cuomo’s energy agenda, which is creating safe and sustainable communities for generations of New Yorkers to come.”

Smart Street Lighting NY is made possible, in part, by action last year from the New York State Public Service Commission to amend the Public Service Law to establish procedures for the transfer of ownership of complete street lighting systems to local governments. With the change in ownership, municipalities can take control of the light fixtures on their own streets and have the opportunity to install LED technology.

Assembly Energy Committee Chair Michael J. Cusick said, Smart Street Lighting NY will be a beneficial program to New York residents when it comes to reducing taxpayer dollars allocated to paying for energy consumption. Having an additional 500,000 street lights being replaced with LED technology by 2025 will soon lead to a path of all New York streetlights converted to LED technology. It is admirable to witness State and local agencies persistently working to push our State in the right direction.”

Learn more about the Governor’s BuildSmart NY program on NYPA’s website at: http://www.nypa.gov/innovation/programs/buildsmart-ny

This energy-saving initiative also supports New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV4NY) strategy to build a statewide energy system that is clean, resilient and affordable for all New Yorkers.

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