Bangor, Maine, USA

 

Population

 31,473

 

Initiative

 Replace 319 metered streetlights in the downtown

 and waterfront areas of Bangor with LED streetlights.

 Six different types of fixtures will be replaced.

 

Funding request

 $523,394

 

Funding sources

 $261,700 from Community Development Block Grant,

 funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment

 Act of 2009 and $261,694 from Bangor Downtown Tax

 Increment Fnancing (TIF) funds

 

Replacement cost per light

 $1,641

 

Projected electricity cost savings

 $34,000/year

 

Partner

 Honeywell

 

Issue

 Conversion of other streetlights in Bangor would currently

 will only have a financial benefit for the city if the Public

 Utilities Commission agrees to a lower flat fee for LED

 Streetlights.

 

Website

 Bangor Public Works, Electrical Division

 

Related resources

 Minutes of Bangor’s Finance Committee meetings,

 June 22, 2009.

 

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