Vermont Towns Switch To LED's

In an effort to lower energy consumption and reduce light pollution, Green Mountain Power is partnering with Efficiency Vermont to help every town in GMP service territory change over to energy efficient LED street lights. Green Mountain Power expects to replace thousands of mercury vapor and high pressure sodium street lights with new, energy-efficient LED street lights in towns throughout its service territory. LED lights produce a comparable amount of light when compared with existing mercury vapor bulbs with an average 66 percent savings in energy use and have a potential lifespan of up to 25 years, compared to 5-7 years for traditional street light lamps.

'Helping towns across Vermont switch to LED lights is a very important way to reduce Vermont's use of electricity,' said Jay Pilliod, of Efficiency Vermont. 'Towns are eager to participate and benefit from savings on their electric bill.'. 'This program supports our commitment to power that is low cost, low carbon and reliable,' said Mary Powell, president and chief executive officer of Green Mountain Power. 'Reducing energy consumption is an important part of this overall strategy that we have pursued for the past three years.' Towns switching to LED streetlights will reduce light pollution and glare while saving money and electricity. LED's can be precisely aimed to illuminate only the desired areas of streets, walkways and parking lots. Almost no light is reflected into the night sky or neighboring windows.
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