29 Councils have signed up to accelerate the replacement of 100,000 older residential streetlights with LEDs. Ausgrid is continuing talks with the remaining councils about extending the accelerated rollout of LEDs.
The new LED lamps are more energy efficient, easier to maintain and will last up to 20 years. Residents have also told us they prefer the lighting quality and colour of the LEDs.
Work to install the new LEDs began in November 2018 and is expected to be completed by mid 2022.
You can see details below of which councils have signed up so far.
Phase one of the program, which focused on pedestrian category roads, is now completed in four LGAs and we have replaced 98% of the lights in a further nine LGAs.
Across the 29 Councils that signed up to the program, we have now upgraded 80% of lights. We are currently working on updating our progress reports, and Councils can expect a full summary report at project completion.
As these lights are up to 80% more efficient that the technologies they replaced, this represents huge energy and emissions savings across the network. Ausgrid thanks all Councils involved for their commitment to action on climate change.
We are now preparing to expand the program to cover vehicular category roads, as well as CFL lights on pedestrian category roadswhich were excluded from phase one. We have submitted our draft proposals to SSROC who are examining them and assisting us with refinement. We are aiming to have these proposals to Councils by the end of September, and to start the rollout in FY23. Not only will they provide financial benefits to Councils, they are an exciting opportunity to deploy the base infrastructure needed for smart city devices.
In FY21 Ausgrid reported an improving trajectory on its restoration times for streetlight outages, having reduced overdue General and Complex jobs by ~40% and ~70% respectively over the year.
While our average repair times are still longer than desired, our new overhead services panel will enable us to mobilise more resources to address the issue, and the improved reliability of the new LED technology will reduce the number of new outages adding to the workload.
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Update July 2021
COUNCIL | No of LEDS to be replaced | % Complete |
BAYSIDE COUNCIL | 3,668 | 99% |
BURWOOD COUNCIL | 857 | 100% |
CANTERBURY BANKSTOWN COUNCIL | 4,449 | 98% |
CENTRAL COAST COUNCIL | 8,369 | 21% |
CESSNOCK CITY COUNCIL | 1,710 | 100% |
CITY OF CANADA BAY COUNCIL | 2,300 | 99% |
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RYDE | 1,830 | 99% |
GEORGES RIVER COUNCIL | 2,814 | 64% |
HORNSBY SHIRE COUNCIL | 3,608 | 96% |
HUNTERS HILL COUNCIL | 279 | 97% |
INNER WEST COUNCIL | 4,036 | 98% |
KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL | 2,903 | 96% |
LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL | 4,714 | 35% |
LANE COVE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL | 1,085 | 100% |
MOSMAN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL | 575 | 95% |
NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL | 10,065 | 81% |
NORTHERN BEACHES COUNCIL | 8,879 | 87% |
NORTH SYDNEY COUNCIL | 1,107 | 92% |
PARRAMATTA CITY COUNCIL | 443 | 94% |
PORT STEPHENS | 1,766 | 89% |
RANDWICK CITY COUNCIL | 3,343 | 99% |
SINGLETON COUNCIL | 848 | 100% |
STRATHFIELD MUNICIPAL COUNCIL | 792 | 99% |
SUTHERLAND SHIRE COUNCIL | 5,516 | 99% |
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY | 3,047 | 99% |
UPPER HUNTER SHIRE COUNCIL | 868 | 39% |
WAVERLEY COUNCIL | 340 | 98% |
WILLOUGHBY CITY COUNCIL | 1,538 | 97% |
WOOLLAHRA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL | 1,272 | 97% |