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PUC updates LED streetlight pilot, recommends standard portfolio and limits on metal halide
Summary
Staff told the commission that newer LED fixtures can cut streetlight energy use significantly and recommended setting citywide efficiency standards, limiting fixture styles to reduce maintenance overhead and banning metal halide in new developments; a 50‑fixture Tenderloin deployment is planned for January.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission heard a staff presentation on LED streetlights and preliminary deployment plans, with a recommendation to create a limited portfolio of preapproved poles and fixtures and to ban metal halide lamps for new developments.
Sue Black, manager in the Power enterprise, told commissioners the city maintains about 42,000 streetlights (23,000 PUC‑owned, 19,000 owned by PG&E) and that LED technology could provide energy savings of roughly 30–50% compared with existing high‑pressure sodium fixtures while improving color rendering…
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