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Resolution in Support of Municipal Intervention in DTE Electric Company Rate Case U-17767
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Whereas, In 2000, Ann Arbor began replacing traffic and pedestrian crossing signals with LEDs and this conversion produced a nearly 60 percent reduction in wattage;
Whereas, In 2005, Ann Arbor committed to investigate LEDs for outdoor public lighting purposes as part of the ICLEI Great Lakes Climate Policy Project;
Whereas, In 2007, Ann Arbor's won the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives' first annual Climate Innovation Invitational Award for groundbreaking design and implementation of energy-efficient LED street lighting;
Whereas, In 2010, Ann Arbor won the International Energy Globe Award (United States) for the LED streetlight program;
Whereas, Ann Arbor has been converting its approximately 2,000 municipally-owned street lights to LED for the past 8 years, successfully completing the conversion of most City-owned fixtures;
Whereas, Ann Arbor has collaborated with DTE Electric (DTE) to convert around 500 of the 5,000 DTE-owned streetlights in Ann Arbor to LED; and
Whereas, The combined conversion of street lights to LED result in annual energy and maintenance savings of around $200,000;
Whereas, Comparing 2005 with 2013, the estimated daily and therefore annual energy usage for streetlights in the City has been reduced by over 30%;
Whereas, Despite this tremendous reduction in energy demand and usage, the City's monthly costs for streetlights over the same period have increased by approximately 15%;
Whereas, Streetlight maintenance work orders in FY06 - prior to LED conversions of City lights - showed 486 total hours of labor compared with FY12 which had 287.5 hours; a 41% reduction in maintenance time for the City-owned streetlight inventory, and reductions in maintenance tickets have persisted since;
Whereas, Conversions have been accomplished with technical support from DTE, which has been a good par...
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