[Atmob-discuss] Acton streetlight replacement article passes!

[Michael Brown]

In Townsend in 2000 we similarly replaced all street lights (mostly mercury 
vapor) with full cutoff sodium vapor, with a payback of 3.5 years.  The 
thing that made it an even easier sell is that the utility was willing to 
collect the replacement cost over the payback period.  That is, they just 
kept charging the same annual operation cost and applied the excess to the 
replacement until it was paid off.  That way, there was never any adverse 
effect on the budget, even temporarily.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bern Kosicki" <kosicki at verizon.net>
To: <Atmob-discuss at atmob.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Atmob-discuss] Acton streetlight replacement article passes!


> At 11:45 AM 4/10/2008, Mario Motta wrote:
>>Cost [of replacing mercury vapor lights ] is then zero. (always an easy
>>sell).
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> Mario,
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> To you and me it is an easy sell.  BUT municipal authorities sometimes
> can't see past the current fiscal year, and so it can be hard to get them
> to put up front money even if the payback period is 4 years or even less.
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> If anyone wants more detail on this, please send me an email off list.
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> Bernie K
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