Municipal Street Lighting Services
To ensure long-term reliability and energy efficiency, all streetlights eventually need replacement. Beginning January 1, 2022, NYSEG started upgrading all existing streetlights to LED figures for our streetlight service customers. This initiative allows us to complete the transition to LED technology for customers who have not yet converted.
Please email nystreetlighting@avangrid.com if you would like to be contacted regarding Municipal Street Lighting Services, or if you have any questions about streetlights or the types of service that we offer.
Benefits of LED streetlights
- Lower energy costs for customers
- Reduced environmental impact through decreased energy consumption
- Improved reliability and longer lifespan, resulting in fewer maintenance needs
This upgrade is part of NYSEG’s commitment to providing safe, efficient, and sustainable lighting solutions for the communities we serve.
Types of services that we offer
Service Class 4 – Street Lighting Service, Energy Only
- Customers install, own, and maintain their streetlight equipment - including the pole, luminaire, bracket, and wiring. NYSEG provides the energy. This service class is a new offering effective September 26, 2010.
Service Class 3 – Standard Street Lighting Service
- The street lighting equipment is installed, owned, and maintained by NYSEG.
Provisions
- Lamp Types: Customers may install a lamp type not listed in the tariff provided the customer provides the necessary fixture specifications to NYSEG to allow NYSEG to calculate the wattage and billing kW.
- Customer lights must be installed in accordance with the NYSEG Energy Only Streetlight Standards here:
- Pole Attachments: Customers are permitted to install lights on existing NYSEG wood poles along public streets, roads, alleys, and highways if determined feasible by NYSEG and in accordance with the Standards. Customers must enter into an Attachment Agreement with NYSEG. A monthly pole attachment charge per mast arm or bracket will be charged to the customer.
- In-line Disconnecting Device: Customers must install an in-line disconnecting device equipped with over-current protection in accordance with the SC2 Streetlight Standards.
- Ownership Identification: Customers must provide identification of streetlight equipment as specified in the Standards
- Fees: The customer is responsible for all fees at each electrical connection point:
- Connections, disconnections, reconnections
- Secondary wire and installation if needed to provide service
- Transformer and installation if needed to provide service
Please consult NYSEG’s tariff for full details regarding energy only service and customer requirements.
The following service classes are no longer available to new customers
Service Class 1 – Street Lighting Service with Contributory Provision*
- The street lighting equipment is owned and maintained by NYSEG.
Service Class 2 – Street Lighting Service with Energy and Limited Maintenance*
- Customers are responsible for installing, owning, and maintaining their streetlight equipment - including the pole, luminaire, bracket, and wiring. NYSEG provides the energy, photo control replacement, and relamping only.
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NYSEG will serve lamp types and wattages not available under this type of service under Service Class 4. Please refer to NYSEG’s streetlight tariff for a list of lamp types and wattages served under Service Class 2.
*Service Class 1 and Service Class 2 are no longer available to new customers effective September 26, 2010
Effective September 26, 2010, customers must install an in-line disconnecting device in accordance with the SC2 Streetlight Standards.
Useful links
- More information is available by viewing NYSEG's streetlight tariffs
- Service Class 4 Streetlight Standards