Replace Outdoor Lights with LEDs

GOV-06

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Measure

With this measure, the County intends to reduce energy related emissions by replacing all high-pressure sodium streetlights and all other outdoor lights with light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures.

This measure has no incremental GHG reductions because it reduces the County government’s electricity usage, and it is assumed that by 2030 emissions from electricity will be zero due to GHG-03: Support SMUD in the implementation of the 2030 Zero Carbon Plan.

​Actions

Action GOV-06-a: 

Replace remaining 2,200 high-pressure sodium (HPS) and mercury-vapor (MV) streetlights with LED technology.

Ongoing

Action GOV-06-b:

Perform an audit of existing outdoor County lighting, including all County-owned and -managed buildings, facilities, parks, and properties.

Not Started

Action GOV-06-c: 

Replace outdoor lighting with LED technology at all County-owned and -managed ​buildings, facilities, parks, and properties, where LED technology is not currently in place.

In Progress

​Status of Im​plementation

The Department of Transportation maintains approximately 24,000 streetlights for illumination County-wide. 22,300 streetlights have been converted to LED lamps through the annual streetlight replacement program. There are approximately 1,700 replacements to complete in the next three years at the rate of 550 lamps per year.

Updated on 4/7/25

In Progress

Efforts for the measure have begun and some target indicators have been achieved.

Objec​tives

Replace all 2,200 remaining high-pressure sodium County-managed streetlights with LEDs by 2030, and all remaining County-managed outdoor lighting with LEDs by 2045.