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Georgetown holds streetlight fee at $2.40; audit finds 6,000+ lights and 78% already LED
Summary
Electric Utility staff reviewed the city’s first-year streetlight program, reporting a completed audit of roughly 6,000 poles (78% LED), a $2.40 monthly fee collected citywide to cover maintenance, and lessons learned about contractor and material costs and coordination with other utilities.
Jack Daly, chief business officer for Georgetown Electric, presented a year‑end recap of the city’s newly codified streetlight program and audit during the workshop.
Daly reported the audit identified just over 6,000 streetlights for which the city is responsible and found that roughly 78% of those lights are already LED fixtures. The program includes a $2.40 monthly fee assessed to accounts inside the Georgetown city limits to fund streetlight maintenance; Daly said the fee covers two dedicated linemen, associated equipment and ongoing operations.
Why it matters: The streetlight initiative centralizes reporting, standardizes construction…
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