Howard C. Anderson wrote: > I understand the President wants us all to save energy. I wonder how > much energy > is used in lighting our streets so bright that I cannot tell whether my > headlights are on? > > How much does it cost? Does anyone know where they keep the light bill > for Phoenix, > Tempe, Scottsdale, Mesa, etc.? The 2005-06 budget for the City of Tempe is here: http://www.tempe.gov/budget/FY%2005-06/06_Line%20Item.pdf On Page 16 of 418(!) are the electric bill numbers. They show $4.2M, and $900K of that is for street lighting. The entire City of Tempe budget is $288M. So lighting represents roughly 20% of the city's electric bill, and 0.3% of the total budget. You can see why it's a tough sell to pitch a wholesale change in streetlighting using an argument based on budget alone. A long time back, Tim Hunter gave a talk about the IDA to EVAC. When I asked him about the percentage of energy consumption due to lighting, the figure he gave was 10%. Tom -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.