City of Laredo and AEP Texas Complete Conversion of Street Lights to Energy Efficient LED Lighting
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Mar 13, 2023, 0 Comments
Courtesy Noraida Negron,
Laredo, TEXAS – The City of Laredo and AEP Texas announced that the conversion of existing street lights to LED is essentially complete. The announcement marked the installation of approximately 12,000 LED streetlights throughout the city over the past two years. The City and AEP Texas made the announcement during a joint press conference held today at the Laredo Public Library. Laredo is the first city within the AEP Texas service territory to complete the conversion process.
Assistant City Manager Riazul I. Mia noted that the City approved the LED conversion project in April 2021. “The conversion illustrates the power of collaboration,” he said. “I commend AEP Texas for helping promote the conversion to higher efficiency energy efficient street lighting.”
LED lighting typically uses approximately 50 percent less energy than traditional bulbs, lasting around 4 times longer. AEP Texas External Affairs Manager Tony Arce, Jr., said there are a few individual locations where conversion is pending due to new developments and final surveys. Conversion of street lights at these locations will be addressed during the next phase of the overall large-scale lighting project. This next phase will focus on conversion to LED lighting in Laredo’s city parks and other targeted buildings owned by the city.
“AEP Texas applauds the City of Laredo for its commitment to energy efficiency,” Arce said. “We look forward to continuing our efforts to jointly identify additional energy efficiency projects that can be implemented and save energy.”
AEP Texas, a unit of American Electric Power, delivers electricity to over one million homes, businesses, and industries in a 97,000 square mile service territory in south and west Texas. AEP Texas provides regulated energy delivery service to consumers, regardless of which Retail Electric Provider (REP) they choose. The region headquarters is in Corpus Christi. AEP Texas delivers electricity on behalf of the REPs. AEP Texas also builds new powerlines, restores service following outages, and uses advanced meters to record electric use for REPs throughout its service territory. The company also connects or disconnects service upon the orders of the REPs.
