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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL GRID
OUTDOOR LIGHTING LED CONVERSION PROGRAM AND
ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL GRID OUTDOOR LIGHTING
LED CONVERSION CAPITAL PROJECT NO.: 246
RESOLUTION NO.: ,2023
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury wishes to participate in National Grid's Outdoor
Lighting LED Conversion Program whereby National Grid will convert the Town's existing
outdoor lighting luminaires to energy efficient LED luminaires ("Project") which LED installation
and maintenance of such LED lighting by National Grid will result in the Town achieving energy
cost savings in the approximate amount of$27,230 annually while also reducing electric use, and
WHEREAS, in its 04/25/2023 letter proposal to the Town, National Grid sets forth that
the Town's upfront cost for this Project is estimated to be $28,391, with an incentive paid by
National Grid to the Town in an estimated amount of$55,775, thereby resulting in a net incentive
to the Town in the amount of$27,384, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to approve and authorize establishment of the National
Grid Outdoor Lighting LED Conversion Capital Project and establish and fund the Revenue and
Expense Accounts in the total amount of$28,400, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to also authorize a temporary loan from Capital Reserve
Fund No. 64 up to $28,400,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the National
Grid Outdoor Lighting LED Conversion Capital Project in the amount of $28,391 as generally set
forth in National Grid's 04/25/2023 letter proposal substantially in the form presented at this meeting,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs establishment of
National Grid Outdoor Lighting LED Conversion Capital Project Fund No.: 246 in the amount of
$28,400 and authorizes and directs the establishment of the following accounts for such
appropriations and revenues as necessary:
• Revenue Acct No. —246-0000-52189 (Other Home & Community Income) - $28,400;
• Expense Acct No. —246-5182-2899 - $28,400;
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes a temporary loan from the Capital
Reserve Fund 464 up to $28,400, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that upon completion of this Project, any overage due to the incentive paid
by National Grid to the Town will be allocated to the various Town Street Light Districts, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to
amend the Town Budget and make any other adjustments, budget amendments, transfers or
prepare any documentation necessary to establish such appropriations and estimated revenues,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to
execute a letter of intent to and any needed agreement with National Grid and/or any other necessary
documentation and the Town Supervisor and/or Town Budget Officer to take all actions necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that this Resolution is subject to a permissive referendum in accordance with the
provisions of Town Law Article 7 and the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk
to publish and post such notices and take such other actions as may be required by law.
Duly adopted this 19t'day of June, 2023,by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT:
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04/25/2023
John.Strough
Town Supervisor
742 Bay Rd.
Town of Queensbury
Queensbury,NY 12804
Re: Outdoor Lighting LED Conversion Program
Dear John Strough:
Thank you for your inquiry regarding National Grid's Outdoor Lighting LED Conversion Program. As a
valued street lighting customer,National Grid is pleased to offer you an opportunity to enhance the
lighting quality and achieve energy cost savings through a proactive conversion of your existing outdoor
lighting luminaires to energy efficient LED luminaires.
The LED conversion cost to facilitate this program is based on your billing account and corresponding
reference number(s)information on record and represents the Company's residual net book value(NBV)
for the luminaires to be removed. The owned NBV cost represents the average value for the individual
luminaire style within the designated service area. The decorative LED conversion cost provided herein
designates the average of the aggregate NBV for all decorative luminaire styles identified within the bill
account. All NBV costs are effective for 180 days. Requests to convert less than all luminaires within
the bill account will require the Company to provide individual average NBV for each decorative
luminaire style. The Company has waived the costs of removing the luminaires to be converted from the
listed LED conversion costs.
Customer Name: Town of Queensbury
Customer Bill Account: Multiple (7)
Roadway Luminaire Count: 896
Decorative Luminaire Count: 28
Avg. Roadway Luminaire NBV per unit/total: $25.81 each/$23,133.08 total
Avg.Decorative Luminaire NBV per unit/total: $187.79 each/$5,258.15 total
Total Avg. Luminaire NBV: $28,391.23
Estimated Roadway EE Incentive: $53,875.00
Estimated Decorative EE Incentive: $1,900.00
Total Estimated EE Incentive: $55,775.00
The Company has also provided an estimated energy efficiency incentive value based upon the available
programs in effect as of the date of this letter. Presently,the Company offers an energy-efficiency
incentive for LED Roadway luminaire conversions(whether customer-owned or Company-owned). The
incentive ranges between$50 and$100 per luminaire and is limited to Roadway luminaire conversions
only. To assist you,following receipt of the proposed roadway luminaire conversion information,the
Company will provide a revised estimated energy efficiency incentive value. However,the actual
incentive value may differ from the estimate and will only be provided to the customer upon completion
and verification of the LED Roadway luminaire portion of the conversion project.
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This incentive opportunity is available on a first-come,first-served basis which is based upon the time of
incentive disbursement and subject to an annual financial limit. More details are available from your
National Grid account service representative.
Premise 0575293104
Reference:
SL Reference Multiple(7)
Number:
Roadway and Decorative
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Quantity Description
233 LM Roadway 100
178 LM Roadway 150 •
227 LM Roadway 250
7 LM Roadway 400 •
251 LM Roadway 70
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Quantity Description
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1 DEC EDISON 150 -
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1 . DEC FLOODLIGHT 250
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To secure the pricing presented in this letter and initiate the LED Conversion Program for your
community, please submit a commitment letter from an authorized representative on municipal letterhead
or via a municipal email address,(ending in".gov").
The commitment communication must state the following:
• Commitment of payment to National Grid for the specified LED conversion cost of the
designated quantity and style of luminaires to be converted in the form of:
o An individual payment within 90 days of commitment and prior to any conversion
installations in the form of one or more of the following;
• Purchase Order
• Promissory Note
■ Formal Financial Commitment Letter
• Total quantity of each existing HID luminaire style to be converted;
• Total quantity of each LED luminaire style and illumination code offered as referenced in PSC
214 Tariff, Service Classification No. 2.
o An Addendum to the commitment letter providing reference to the inventory of
individual street light locations and the desired LED luminaire style and illumination
code to be installed and/or a conversion summary of the LED luminaire style and
illumination code per HID luminaire style and lamp type/wattage.
To learn more about the LED Conversion Program or obtain more definitive cost information,please
contact your assigned National Grid account service representative.
Sincerely,
Neu&Srynia no
nationalgrid
Kevin Symons
Consumer Representative
Regional Account Services
nationalgrid
(518)949-7168
kevin.syrnonsna nationalgrid.com
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National Grid is offering the following LED Decorative Replacement Luminaires
National Grid Existing.Decorative LED Decorative LED Decorative Appearance
Luminaire Replacement Luminaire
Traditional/Coach Carriage Lantern Type
Edgewater/Watertown / University Princeton Octagonal
Edison /Williamsville/ Little Falls Oxford Basic Acorn
Central Park/Aspen Grove/Franklin Square Highland Park Decorative Acorn
/Washington
Delaware Park/ Little Falls TD Westminster Tear Drop
Shoebox Arbordale Flat Shoebox/Area
Floodlight— MV/ Floodlight HPS Floodlight-LED Point and Control
LED Replacement Images Below:
Carriage Princeton Oxford Highland Park Westminster Arbordale Floodlight
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Images are representative only and subject to minor variations across suppliers.
Decorative luminaires are now included in'•the current.Energy Efficiency. (iEES)•Program•
Decorative luminaires that currently have not changed:
High Intensity Discharge (HID) two Items below:
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Underpass Standard Setback Standard
The company will provide to the customer:
• The inventory quantity of existing HID decorative luminaires.
• The per-unit net book value (NBV)for each and total net book value (NBV)* HID decorative luminaire
estimate is valid for 180 days.
The customer will:
• Provide the company a formal request on customer letterhead by an authorized representative to proceed
with decorative luminaire conversion plan.
*NBV values are estimates for budgetary purpose only and the company will provide firm values following
discussion and commitment letter by the customer.
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•LED Conversion Program .Overview .
LED Program Description This estimated pricing letter will be valid for 180 days. If the
The LED Conversion program which proposes to convert municipal customer wishes to proceed, a"letter of intent"is
current HID roadway and decorative luminaires on a first- required on the municipality's official letterhead. The
to-qualify basis with the ability to pay NBV and provide a customer is required to provide upfront payment for the
formal commitment from the customer. Participating remaining asset value of the existing in-service luminaires
municipal customers must commit to convert no less than being removed. The payment must be made before any
15% of their currently installed SC2 roadway and/or conversion work can be started.
decorative luminaires, or a minimum of 100 luminaires, The cost of the new LED luminaires, installation and
whichever is greater. UNY municipalities have unique future maintenance is included in the monthly rate stated
combinations of HID luminaire styles and lamp types with in the tariff, like all other Company-owned streetlight
varying wattages, thus the ultimate savings for each will offerings.
depend on their respective LED conversion luminaire
choices. With the recent addition of the decorative Limitations or Restriction
luminaire offerings along with the roadway luminaire The plan does not provide for individual end-of-life replacement
conversions, the municipal customer can convert the or repositioning/relocation or other support facility changes
combination of both decorative/roadways or exclude for the LED luminaires. Replacement schedules are based
decorative luminaires and single out roadways only. It will on anticipated availability of LED fixtures and labor resources.
be the customer's choice.
NYSERDA Clean Energy Communities Program
Benefits of Converting to LED NYSERDA offers local governments grant funding after
Some benefits include enhanced customer satisfaction, completing four of 10 High Impact Actions and earning a
cost reduction from energy consumption, decreased light Clean Energy Community designation. Included among the
trespass and dark-sky light pollution, and lower 10 High Impact Actions is the conversion of municipal and
maintenance costs via longer luminaire life. LED utility-owned cobra head style streetlights to LED
streetlights are more energy efficient,consuming just one- technology. Local governments must convert a minimum
third to one-half the kilowatt hours that power the high- of 50 percent of these streetlights to LED within their
pressure sodium (HPS) metal halide (MH) or Mercury geographic jurisdiction.
Vapor(MV) lights that are commonly in use today.
• For more details visit: https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/All-
LED Conversions Process Programs/Programs/Clean-Energy-Communities.
Following initial conversations with their National Grid
representative, interested municipal customers will submit a Energy Efficiency Offering
written request to National Grid for the estimated LED Upon completion of LED construction/install, the
conversion cost.Upon receipt of the written request,National customer will continue to be eligible for an energy
Grid will calculate the per unit conversion cost, which efficiency rebate based on the quantity and wattage of the
represents the average, undepreciated net book value("NBV") LED luminaires installed to alleviate the prior NBV cost
of each roadway and decorative luminaire in the customer's upfront. This incentive is available on a first-come first-
tax district. The estimated pricing letter will include the served basis.
number of roadway and decorative luminaires in the
customer's billing inventory and the existing inventory.
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National Grid B 2001.4000 r 25-47 50.00
National Grid C 4001-8000 _— 48-95 65.00
National Grid D 8001-14000 96-153 75.00 ----_
r Customer-Owned 14001-20000 154-209 85.00
National Grid F 20001-30000 I 210+ 100.00
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COST ANALYSIS FOR TOWN OF QUEENSBURY—ESTIMATED
YEARLY SAVINGS(BILL) - ESTIMATED AT$0.024410 COMMODITY COST
$27,230.28
COST BREAKDOWN:
. • HID Annual, LED Annual kWh saved
Old HID wattage New LED wattage
Fixtures , • kWh kWh (total)
233: Roadway 100 HPS Roadway LED B24 492 104 90404
178 , Roadway 150 HPS Roadway LED C 48 721 200 92738
227 Roadway 250 HPS Roadway LED D 96 1268 400 197036
6 Roadway 400 HPS Roadway LED F 210 1960 876 6504
1 Roadway 400•MV Roadway LED F 210 1960 876 1084
251. Roadway 70 HPS Roadway LED B 24 359 104 64005
I. Coach 100`MV Carriage LED B 544 146 398
1 Edison 150 HPS Oxford LED C 721 238 483
1 Floodlight 250 HPS Floodlight LED E 1268 630 638
25 Traditional 70 HPS Carriage LED B 359 146 5325
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PER OUR CONVERSATION ON THE LOOK AND FEEL OF OLD VS NEW LIGHTS
THE TOWNS COMPARIBLES FOR BOTH ROADWAY AND DECORATIVES. SEE STYLES BELOW:
OLD STYLE NEW STYLE
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Edison Oxford
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Floodlight Floodlight
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>` TOWN OF UEENSBURY
"Home of Natural Beauty...A Good Place to Live" Settled 1763
February 8,2022
To Whom It May Concern,
The Town of Queensbury, New York, is seeking National Grid's assistance in determining costs and
benefits of converting the street lights in our town,those that are not currently equipped with LED
lighting,to LED lighting.
Please consider this request.Your assistance on this matter would be very much'appreciated.
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Town Supervisor
742 Bay Road ♦ Queensbury, NY 12804 ♦ .Phone: 518-761-8201 ♦ www.queensbury.net
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TOWN OF QUEENSBURY 742 BAY ROAD QUEENSBURY,NEW YORK 12804 518.761.8201 WWW.QUEENSBURY.NET
May 3, 2023
Joe Pallone
National Grid
1125 Broadway
Albany, NY, 12204
Dear Mr. Pallone,
Please accept this letter as the Town of Queensbury's formal request to receive the revised LED
Conversions Pricing for the 919 cobra head streetlights within our street lighting inventory under
service class SC-2. This number of streetlights is based on your June 15, 2022 proposal to the Town.
If there has been a change to the buyout purchase price of fixtures, the Town also requests that
information, although we do not want to hold up the release of the new LED Conversions Pricing
(calculated April 25, 2023 by Jenn Recchio) due to new calculations for buyout purchase price.
Should you require any additional information, please don't hesitate to contact my office. We look
forward to this revised LED Conversions Pricing at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
John Strough, Supervisor
Town of Queensbury
518-761-8229
cc: Jennifer Recchio, National Grid