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RESOLUTION NO. 4800
A RESOLUTION OF THg CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO RE-EVALUATE HIGH PRESSURE
SODIUM STREET LIGHTING RATES .
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City Council of the City of
Arcadia
to foster and promote the conservation of energy
within the City of Arcadia ; and
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WHEREAS, the City, as part of its conservation program, intends
to provide for the conversion of incandescent and mercury.vapor street
lights to the more energy efficient sodium vapor street lights as
rapidly as possible; and
WHEREAS, the magnitude of the savings in the Los Angeles County
area by this conversion is illustrated by the fact that Los Angeles
County, alone, administers approximately 65,000 low intensity lights
of 11,000 lumens or less, mainly on local streets; and
WHEREAS, Edison rates for high pressure sodium lighting as
approved by the Public Utilities Commission appear to be dispropor-
tionately high when compared to mercury vapor lighting, especially
in the low intensity categories, the present Edison base cost for
a 7,000 lumens mercury vapor light being $5.72 per month for all
night service versus $7.00 for the same service for the smaller
5,800 lumens high pressure sodium light;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of ~rc~!!l~_________ requests the Public Utilities Commission
to re-evaluate high pressure sodium street lighting rates and estab-
lish such rates at the lowest amount possible to encourage and enable
the use of sodium lights to conserve energy; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be instructed to
notify the PUblic Utilities Commission and the Southern California
Edison Company of this action.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall certify to
the adoption of this Resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held
on the 19th day of December , 1978, by the affirmative vote of
at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Gilb, Margett, Pellegrino, Saelid and Parry
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Ci y Cler of the City of Arcad a
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 19th day of December ,1978.
City Clerk
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