[Atmob-discuss] Acton streetlight replacement article passes!

[Bern Kosicki]

At 11:18 PM 4/10/2008, Michael Brown wrote:
>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.


Great idea.  This would avoid the whole question of the town having to put 
down up-front money to pay for the cost of the new lights.   The lighting 
department could do the job with out even involving a town authorization.

Who was the electricity provider that was willing to do this?

Bernie