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Energy Efficient Streetlighting Business Briefs

1 July 2009

Energy Efficient public lighting technologies are now an available option to assist with reducing the amount of energy used in the provision of public lighting. The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has recently approved Operating, Maintenance and Replacement (OMR) charges for approved Energy Efficient Lighting options, which may be an alternative to the current residential Mercury Vapour 80 Watt (MV80) lanterns.

CitiPower and Powercor has developed information to assist Municipal Councils evaluate their options if considering changing over to approved EE public lighting technologies. In addition to a CitiPower Energy Efficient Lighting Business Brief and Powercor Energy Efficient Lighting Business Brief, maps are available which show the locations of streetlighting technology demonstrations