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Council approves agreement to convert FPL streetlights to LED, discusses undergrounding options
Summary
Punta Gorda approved moving forward with an FPL conversion to LED for about 1,500 city-area streetlights with no upfront conversion cost and expected reductions in energy use; FPL described undergrounding programs that may require customer or city funding.
City council voted to authorize staff to move forward with an agreement with Florida Power & Light to convert roughly 1,500 FPL‑owned streetlights in Punta Gorda from high‑pressure sodium to LED fixtures.
Eric Hoeing from FPL’s LED Lighting Solutions team told council the program carries no upfront conversion cost for the city and would reduce…
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