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FPL tells Lauderhill LED conversion complete; city can request new lights or photometric study for dark areas
Summary
Florida Power & Light told the commission that the city’s LED streetlight conversion is complete (final phase finished in May); the company outlined simple requests for adding lights and recommended photometric studies for larger projects, and county restoration staff explained how to identify FPL vs non‑FPL lights for faster repairs.
Representatives from Florida Power & Light and the Broward County streetlight restoration team updated the Lauderhill Commission on an ongoing citywide streetlight program, reporting that the LED conversion is complete and outlining how the city can request additional lighting or restoration work.
Christine Shocks, FPL’s general affairs manager for North Broward, introduced Gladys (LED team) and Brianna Whelan (Broward County streetlight restoration), who presented the technical update. Gladys told the commission: "We're happy to announce that all of the conversions have been completed." She said the final phase, completed in May, converted the remaining fixtures so that all new street lights are LED.
FPL outlined two ways to add lights in dark areas: (1) attach fixtures to existing distribution poles (a bracket and fixture) where distribution poles are present, which can avoid construction costs and extensive permitting, and (2) for wider or more complex areas, the city can contract a consultant to perform a photometric study identifying dark spots and recommending pole locations, pole heights, fixture types and the lumens required. FPL said the city should provide a site map or Google image and specify fixture arm length and color temperature (e.g., 3,000K or 4,000K); FPL will perform the lighting design and advise on transformer and energizing needs.
Commissioners raised recurring outages and flickering on recently upgraded routes (locations cited for follow‑up included Burberry/Broward and the 19th Street/31st/33rd area). FPL restoration staff asked the city to provide exact locations so crews can investigate whether issues are due to conduit or restoration tasks.
Broward County restoration manager Brianna Whelan walked through ways to tell whether a light is maintained by FPL or by another entity (city, FDOT). She said common FPL indicators include concrete or wooden poles with lamps flush to the pole and the absence of steel poles, breakaway bases or access panels (features more typical of FDOT or municipal installations). Staff recommended that residents and staff include pole‑type photos when reporting outages to speed routing to the appropriate maintenance party.
Commissioners praised the brighter streets and asked that recurring outages be tracked and reported to FPL for restoration.
