City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2008-0994

• File #: 2008-0994
• Version: 3
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 12/16/2008
• In control: Committee on Public Works
• Final action: 3/10/2009
• Enactment date: 3/10/2009
• Enactment #: 99
• Effective date: 3/17/2009
• Title: Authorizing and directing the Mayor to begin the process of converting all City street lights to LEDs by issuing an RFP and submitting an application with the Commonwealth for a Guaranteed Energy Savings Agreement.
• Sponsors: William Peduto, Darlene M. Harris, Bruce A. Kraus, Patrick Dowd, Douglas Shields, Jim Motznik, Theresa Kail-Smith
• Indexes: MISCELLANEOUS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/17/2009	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
3/10/2009	3	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
3/4/2009	3	Committee on Public Works	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
3/4/2009	3	Committee on Public Works	AMENDED	Pass
2/25/2009	1	Committee on Public Works	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
2/25/2009	2	Committee on Public Works	AMENDED	Pass
2/25/2009	2	Committee on Public Works	Held in Committee	Pass
2/23/2009	1	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
1/7/2009	1	Committee on Hearings	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
1/7/2009	1	Committee on Public Works	Held for Cablecast Post Agenda	Pass
12/16/2008	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Authorizing and directing the Mayor to begin the process of converting all City street lights to LEDs by issuing an RFP and submitting an application with the Commonwealth for a Guaranteed Energy Savings Agreement.







Body
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh annually spends approximately $3.2 million in energy costs and $1 million in maintenance on the City's 40,000 street lights; and

WHEREAS, the current high pressure sodium lights contain mercury and use over 200 Watts of energy; and

WHEREAS, converting all 40,000 street lights to 200 Watt energy efficient lighting would annually save the City approximately $1 million in energy costs and $700,000 in maintenance costs; and

WHEREAS, the conversion of street lights to energy efficient lighting would also eliminate more than 7,500 tons of eCO2 emission; and

WHEREAS, the City could utilize the state's Guaranteed Energy Savings Agreement (GESA) to fund the $24 million capital costs of converting all 40,000 street lights; and

WHEREAS, the GESA is intended for, "projects…where, through simple-payback analysis, cost savings resulting from energy conservation improvements exceed the associated financing. In other words, these guaranteed savings are used to cover operating budget finance payments over a period not to exceed fifteen years."

BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh is hereby authorized and directed to initiate the following:

1) Immediately assess funding opportunities for an energy efficiency streetlight outdoor public lighting retrofit, including but not limited to, foundation grants, Federal and State grants, and the Guaranteed Energy Savings Agreement.
2) Form an Energy Efficient Lighting Task Force composed of the City Council Public Works Committee Chair, The City Council Finance Chair, the Director of Public Works, the Mayor's Director of Operations, the Director of Finan...