{"id":339696,"date":"2010-02-19T13:25:37","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T18:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/?p=9254"},"modified":"2010-02-19T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T18:25:37","slug":"utility-will-convert-vermont-streetlights-to-leds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/339696","title":{"rendered":"Utility will convert Vermont streetlights to LEDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From Green Right Now Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/electronics.howstuffworks.com\/led.htm\" >Light Emitting Diode<\/a> (LED) technology, already making inroads in traffic signals and Christmas lights, will get yet another application in New England: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenmountainpower.com\/\" >Green Mountain Power<\/a> has submitted a plan to the <a href=\"http:\/\/psb.vermont.gov\/\" >Vermont Public Service Board<\/a> to offer LEDs in streetlights throughout its Colchester, Vt., service area.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9259\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 210px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9259\" title=\"led-streetlight-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenrightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/led-streetlight-2.jpg\" alt=\"LED street light. Image: OSARM\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">LED street light. Image: OSRAM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The more energy-efficient lights would replace worn-out mercury vapor lighting. Already, Colchester&#8217;s is the first electric utility in New England to offer an LED rate for outdoor lighting.<\/p>\n<p>If the plan gains approval from regulators, customers will be able to request LEDs when installing new streetlights or replacing old ones. Mercury vapor lights will be phased out over time.<\/p>\n<p>LEDs create light from the movement of electrons in a semiconductor material. They produce a comparable amount of light with a 66 percent savings in energy relative to their mercury vapor counterparts. An LED light also has a potential lifespan of more than 25 years, compared to 5-7 years for traditional street lamp bulbs.<\/p>\n<p>The LED fixtures Green Mountain Power also will help reduce light pollution and glare. They direct 100 percent of the light below the fixture, with no light escaping above.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Offering this new lighting technology to our customers furthers Green Mountain Power&#8217;s commitment to being an environmentally responsible company,&#8221; said Mary Powell, Green Mountain Power president and chief executive officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By promoting energy efficient technology, we help customers to reduce the amount of energy they use and we also protect Vermont night sky.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Helvetica';\">Copyright \u00a9 2010 Green Right Now | Distributed by GRN Network<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Green Right Now Reports Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology, already making inroads in traffic signals and Christmas lights, will get yet another application in New England: Green Mountain Power has submitted a plan to the Vermont Public Service Board to offer LEDs in streetlights throughout its Colchester, Vt., service area. LED street light. Image: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}