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Councilors press Eversource on streetlight outages; utility says LED conversion nearly complete
Summary
Councilors criticized persistent streetlight outages and requested an audit; Eversource and city staff said a conversion to LED is about 80% complete and recommended waiting for the conversion to finish before a comprehensive audit.
City councilors used the March 25 committee meeting to press Eversource and city staff over long‑standing streetlight outages and the pace of repairs, and to request data and an audit of the streetlight program.
Councilor Davila (committee member) said the city pays about $3.25 million a year for streetlights and criticized the system for shifting responsibility to residents to report outages. “We pay $3,250,000 a year for electricity for the light posts,” Davila said, and asked for a complete accounting of lights out, repair hours, and the man‑hours devoted to streetlight work.
Eversource and DPW officials…
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