On November 22, 2010, while Fargo and ND completed the renovation of the rear-mounted LED lights in the city center, Central Hudson Gas & Electric of New York added an LED street light to its various service categories. cost.
The New York State Public Service Commission has approved Central Hudson Gas & Electric's new low-cost tax rate scheme, which will encourage municipalities to install LED-based street lights. Fargo, North Dakota, Millerberned Lighting replaces the acorn-shaped metal halide lamps along the city street with solid-state lighting (SSL) rear-mounted luminaire installations, while maintaining the traditional look while reducing energy consumption.
Fargo turned to replace traditional lamps with SSL, a US-produced product that can save 40%-60% of the cost while reducing the cost of repairs. Millerberned and Minneapolis manufacturer Lumagine teamed up with re-lighting systems to provide cocoa custom-replaceable acorn-shaped luminaires. The new SSL light engine uses Philips Lumileds Luxeon Rebel LEDs.
What is important is that the lights that Fargo used to retrofit maintain the original aesthetics. Fargo's streetlight coordinator Dave Helland said, "By renovating the existing acorn fixture we have been able to maintain the existing look and feel of our downtown sidewalk, and we will not feel the LED retrofit lamp and the original metal halide light source. s difference."
In the design of custom light engines, Millerberned's national sales director, Mitch Gaide, believes they can maintain the tradition by "implanting the emitter to mimic the position of the arc of the existing fixture." Gaide said, “We have successfully handled the challenges of mimicking the performance and appearance of existing light sources, preserved the original unique design of this downtown area, and saved thousands of dollars for replacement in Fargo. cost."
The city is still looking for a simple way to transform. Millerbernd's design replaces existing ballasts with LED drivers and new SSL resources packed into existing large lampholders. Coordinator Helland said, “A retrofit installation and large receivers that do not require tools at all, the retrofitting process of each luminaire takes only 5 minutes, which is no more difficult than changing a normal bulb.â€
Central Hudson LED tax rate
In most cases, one factor that is important to the affordability of LED streetlights is the use of a power-recording structure that recognizes the energy-saving features of SSL. Most street lights do not actually measure its power usage. Conversely, utility charges are a flat rate of charge for each lamp to the entire city or other electricity use authority through power calculations. If a city wants to save on the high cost of installing SSL now, the lower tax rate for LED lights is the only way.
In August, Central Hudson applied to add an LED tax collection item to the tariff revision. The public benefit of this revision is to support several funds that want to gain the advantage of raising the LED streetlights through the US Recovery Investment Act of 2009.
The New York State Public Utilities Commission has just introduced a new price list. “The cost of managing and repairing street lights accounts for a large portion of the municipality’s administrative expenses.†New York State Public Utilities Commission Chairman Garry Brown. “The most advanced LED street light and traditional street light ratio have important advantages, namely, reducing energy costs, improving nighttime visibility, significantly extending life, reducing maintenance costs, and greatly reducing the impact on the environment. Installing more energy efficient lighting equipment Obviously the trend of the future"
The new tax rate will allow utilities to correct the method of calculating the amount of electricity used by LED street lights, so that each city can pay a lower street light tariff.
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