Study Session:
Citywide Streetlight Conversion
City Council Meeting
November 7, 2023
1 City Streetlight Background Information
• Majority Owned by SCE
(3,466 out of 3,656)
City pays electricity and facility charge (comprises
LS -1 Tariff Rate)
SCE is responsible for maintenance and repairs
• 193 Streetlights are City Owned
City maintained
No facility charge
Approximately 95% are intersection safety lights and
5% are in Old Town
SOF - FD Conversion Program
• SCE LED Conversion Program available for local agencies to convert streetlights owned by SCE with no up -front costs and annual savings. • SCE recovers capital cost for unarades over a 20-vear period throuah a special tariff rate known as Option E.
• Several Orange County cities have participated including Brea, Buena Park, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Orange, and Yorba Linda.
• Only "cobra -head" style fixtures are eligible for this program.
City's official streetlight is the Mission Bell style.
Mission Bell streetlights can be found in the medians of City arterial streets .
'_ED Streetlight Fixture Optics
• SCE utilizes latest generation
GE Evolve LED Roadway
Fixtures
• Fixtures are dark sky
compliant and direct light on
the street surface
• Reduction in energy
consumption
Traditional Light Bulb LED Light Bulb
Ina
1 Street Light Color Options
1. "Warm" Light Fixture,
2700 K degrees
2. "Warm White" Light
Fixture, 3000k
degrees
3. "Whiter" Light Fixture,
4000k degrees
Color Temperature in Kelvins (K)
1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000 7500 I
Ir
Candlelight Warm Natural/Neutral Cool Daylight/Cold Ultra Daylight 1500K up to 3500K 3600K -4500K 4600K -5500K 5600K -6400K 6500K+ Color Temperature Descriptions
5 Example of HPSV vs. LED Streetlight Fixtures
Example of 3000k vs. 4000k in Yorba Linda
3000k
4000k
Staff Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council approve the following options:
1. Receive and file the Staff report and Presentation; and
2. Ask any questions of Staff; and
3. Review, discuss and provide direction on the color choice for residential and arterial streetlights; and
4. Authorize the City Administrator and/or his designee to submit the LED street light color choices to SCE for the Schedule LS -1 Option E, Energy Efficiency -Light Emitting Diode (LED) Fixture Replacement Rate Agreement for the City of Placentia and the SCE.
Questions & Comments