
LED street lighting can lower operating expenses and reduce a community’s annual electric demand.
As part of New York State’s Smart Street Lighting NY program, the New York Power Authority installed nearly 200,000 LED street lights.
These Smart Street Lighting NY customers now own their street lights, and we offer maintenance services to keep their lights functioning reliably. We remotely monitor uptime, and coordinate and dispatch contractors for repairs and upkeep. Smart features allow you to benefit from better controls and safety for your community.
Our maintenance contract uses pre-vetted, quality vendors and is competitively-priced.
NYPA’s Smart Street Lighting Maintenance program includes
- Single point of contact with a 24/7 call center for management of issues and scheduling of contractors
- Competitive pricing using pre-qualified companies
- Smart features to provide remote digital monitoring, and to detect outages for improved uptime and better reporting
Review our resources to learn more about LED Street lighting including purchasing.
Contact us to learn more about LED streetlights and maintenance.
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NYPA helped Kingston achieve a win/win: Upgraded over 2,000 streetlights, and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars
This historic town looked to NYPA for help with their LED street lighting upgrade. NYPA managed the process for Kingston from end-to-end, from planning through to installation. NYPA’s design included assessing the placement and configuration of over 2,000 streetlights - including safety and aesthetic considerations in the final design.
Kingston is now working with NYPA to add sensors to some street lights as part of New York State's Smart Cities initiative to improve safety across the city.
The Result:
- Better quality of light and improved safety
- 1.1 MW in energy reduction
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy cost savings

NYPA helped Kingston achieve a win/win: Upgraded over 2,000 streetlights, and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars
This historic town looked to NYPA for help with their LED street lighting upgrade. NYPA managed the process for Kingston from end-to-end, from planning through to installation. NYPA’s design included assessing the placement and configuration of over 2,000 streetlights - including safety and aesthetic considerations in the final design.
Kingston is now working with NYPA to add sensors to some street lights as part of New York State's Smart Cities initiative to improve safety across the city.
The Result:
- Better quality of light and improved safety
- 1.1 MW in energy reduction
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy cost savings
FAQs
LED Street Lighting customers who install asset control nodes are also eligible for a low-cost maintenance contract - including remote technology monitoring and managed service of your streetlights.
Local governments, state agencies, hospitals and universities interested in outdoor lighting upgrades should review streetlight purchase guidelines and familiarize themselves with resources available for pursuing LED Street lighting
Contact your NYPA Key Account Executive or contact us with any questions.
- Cost Savings. Reduce one of the largest operating cost items in your community. Our customers can save up to 50% on their energy, and up to 70% on street lighting operating costs
- Better lighting. Your community will benefit from a better quality of light and improved safety
- Smart Technology. When you upgrade to LED street lights, you can add Smart technologies for remote monitoring and adjustment of your street lights, and you can also include sensors to support the Smart Cities initiative
Contact your NYPA Key Account Executive or contact us with any questions.
Additionally, please review the streetlight purchase guidelines as you consider your streetlighting project.
Contact your NYPA Key Account Executive or contact us with any questions.