ALBANY – Almost $800,000 is available from the state for municipalities in the Mid-Hudson Valley to convert streetlights to LEDs. Several communities in the region have already begun the process to convert streetlights to LEDs.
Conversions are expected to reduce each participating municipality’s electricity costs by up to 65 percent, which could result in $6 million in energy savings.
The Mid-Hudson Street Light consortium will administer the initiative for the 249 municipalities in Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Columbia, Greene and Westchester counties, regardless of whether the municipality or the utility owns the lights.
Once the first 20 communities take advantage of the program and convert to LED street lighting, greenhouse gas emissions are expected to be reduced by more than 42,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide over the next 15 years, equivalent to removing 8,840 cars off the road over that span.
