MORE AND MORE STREET LIGHTS ARE BEING REPLACED IN THE DUKE CITY. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE PROCESS IS NOW ABOUT TWO THIRDS COMPLETE…WITH 21 THOUSAND CITY OWNED LIGHTS HAVING BEEN CONVERTED TO L-E-D’S. PNM OWNS ANOTHER 10 THOUSAND STREET LIGHTS, AND THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THEM IS NOW GETTING UNDERWAY.
PAT MONTOYA, DIRECTOR OF ALBUQUERQUE’S MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, TELLS THE JOURNAL THE NEW LIGHTS ARE MORE EFFICIENT… WITH ALBUQUERQUE’S STREET LIGHT BILL NOW AVERAGING 360-THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH…COMPARED TO 440-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR AGO.
