LED Street Light Turnkey Replacement Service

Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Light Emitting Diode (LED) Street Light program, offers incentives to customers who own and maintain street lights in the PG&E service area on the LS-2 fixed pricing schedule. Through the program, customers who replace or upgrade their existing street lights with new PG&E-approved LED street lights are eligible for new lower pricing and product rebates. Learn more about the advantages of LED street lights.

Complementing the program, PG&E also offers a LED Street Light Turnkey Replacement Service. This provides a one-stop solution for customers who want to take advantage of the LED Street Light program and improve their energy efficiency, while minimizing cost and labor resource impacts. The service provides significant cost savings when compared with the project management expense associated with city personnel or city-acquired subcontractor labor.

Drawing on 100 years of experience in street light installation and maintenance, PG&E helps with project design, installation and billing updates. Services provided include:

Purchasing

Technical consultation to determine appropriate LED replacement and requirements
Competitive LED fixture pricing using PG&E’s volume purchasing power
LED fixtures that meet PG&E’s stringent standards and qualify for PG&E’s LED Street Light rates and rebate program
A product demonstration of LED lights before final lamp size selection

Installation

Subcontracted labor and installation to qualified electric contractors
Utilization of a competitive bid process
Union and/or union-friendly contractors to assure prevailing wages
Completion of work in 90-120 days (completion times may vary due to conditions such as heavy traffic or limited work hours permitted by a city)
Each city will be responsible for securing required permits

Quality Control

PG&E-trained subcontractors
PG&E inspector verification of all completed work
One-year guarantee of PG&E workmanship
Five-year manufacturers’ warranty on LEDs
One-year coverage for failed lamp removal and replacement installation

Disposal

Assistance with the coordination of street lamp and fixture disposal

Administration

Solicitation of material and contractor bids
Completion of all rebate applications and rate change forms
Updates to the GIS system
Data gathering and sample documentation for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) reports and funding requests

Project Justification

Help with justifying street light replacement to local governing bodies
Projected savings calculations related to energy consumption, maintenance, materials, and lowered greenhouse gas emissions

Complete Package Pricing

Includes: Material, distributor, shipping, sales tax, installation, inspection, PG&E administration, and project management costs. (Several factors will influence the final pricing, including the size and quantity of LED lights, traffic patterns, geographic location of the City, required permits, etc.)

Potential LED Replacement Savings

Customers who have purchased and installed pre-qualified LED fixtures after May 1, 2009, may be eligible for rebates. Read below to learn more about which fixtures qualify.

Rebate/fixture
Replace 70 watt fixture with new LED fixture	$50
Replace 100 watt fixture with new LED fixture	$75
Replace 150 watt fixture with new LED fixture	$100
Replace 200 watt fixture with new LED fixture	$125
Replace 250 watt fixture with new LED fixture	$150
Replace 310 watt fixture with new LED fixture	$175
Replace 400 watt fixture with new LED fixture	$200

* The examples shown are illustrative and savings may change based on lamp manufacturer and model.

Download fact sheet (PDF, 88 KB).

For more information about PG&E’s LED Street Light Program Turnkey Replacement Service, LED demonstration sites, or how PG&E can streamline your street light replacement project, contact PG&E’s Business Customer Service Center at 1-800-468-4743.

As part of a recent PG&E pilot study in Oakland, Calif., HPS street lights were replaced with LED street lights. A neighborhood survey completed following the pilot study found that 70 percent of respondents preferred the LED street lights, saying the new lights significantly improved their ability to see as pedestrians and to recognize people at night while driving.