Cromwell and Plainville have contracted with a Massachusetts firm to convert more than 2,600 street lights bulbs to a more energy efficient design, as part of Connecticut Conference of Municipalities’ Street Light LED Conversion Program.
The switching of the street lights to LEDs is valued at more than $1 million for the two communities, which expect to save $225,000 in energy costs annually.
ESCO Energy Services of Lenox, Mass. will complete the conversion, expected to be finished by the third quarter.
ESCO is in discussions with 20 other Connecticut communities to make similar conversions, the company said in a press release.
