Noswaith dda/Good evening,

Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on 24/01/2018 and the relevant department is dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

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Newport City Council Contact Centre
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Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for your request for information about :

LED Street Lights

Received on 25/01/2018

This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ05349.
You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.

Please remember to quote the reference number REQ05349 in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,
Information Management

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Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

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Dear Ms Hayley Burrows   

Thank you for your recent request for information which I have enclosed
below for ease of reference. Your request has been treated in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.

 Your Request :  REQ05349

 I can confirm that we  not hold the information that falls within the
scope of your request. The information regarding this request has been
provided in BLUE TEXT below.

 Query;  

1. Has the council installed any energy efficient street lighting in the
last five years, such as replacing halogen bulbs with LED street lights?

2. If the council is in the process of installing any energy efficient
street lighting, please confirm when the council started to do this and
provide an estimate of when the council expects to have switched all
street lights to energy efficient street lighting.

3. How much did the council spend on running, installing and maintaining
street lighting under the council’s jurisdiction in 2015, 2016 and 2017?

4. How much does the council estimate they will spend on running,
installing and maintaining street lighting under the council’s
jurisdiction in 2018?

5. How many complaints were received in relation to new energy efficient
street lighting, if any, during 2017?

6. Please estimate how much money the council currently saves following
the installation of any energy efficient street lighting on a monthly and
annual basis?

Response;

1.      Newport City council has installed approximately 2,500 LED
luminaires over the past five years, and will continue to replace the old
High / Low pressure sodium luminaires with LED.

2.      The council started to utilise LED light sources from early 2014,
when the price of the luminaires dropped due to the demand.   If the
funding is available, the council will proceed with a full LED replacement
programme at the end of 2018. Anticipated completion would be 2019

3.      2015 - £691,078

2016 - £1,063,935

2017 - £1,062,024

4.      Unable to provide answer as the final 18/19 budget has not been
set.

5.      The question is not specific enough to answer. Does the question
relate to inquiries regarding if the council are changing to LED,  or
complaints from the introduction of LED?.

6.      Unfortunately the work is ongoing on a daily basis and there are
 too many LED permutations to calculate effectively / accurately  in the
timescale provided.. For example, a standard residential 70w High pressure
luminaire (Several Ballast permutations)  would cost the authority on
average £37 per year in energy against a similar LED luminaire (Hundreds
of driver permutations)  £12.00 - £20 in energy per year. On average we
replace three hundred luminaires per year giving an average saving of
£5,100 per year.

If the council has the funding to implement the a full scale LED roll out,
as suggested in question 2 above, the savings could be as high as £400,000
per year, assuming the energy company’s do not increase their tariffs.

I hope this provides the information you were looking for; if there is any
further information that we can provide, please submit a further request.
If you have any queries about this email or if you are unhappy with the
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Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Councils complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

For future reference, all Freedom of Information requests can now be
submitted via the link below.

[1]www.newport.gov.uk/foi

Regards

Kirsty Wakefield

Streetscene and City Services Enquiries Officer

Gwasanaethau Strydlun a’r Ddinas / Streetscene & City Services

Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd / Newport City Council

Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu yn y ddwy
iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.

The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.

Disclaimer/Ymwadiad

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confidential, the subject of legal or professional privilege, or be
otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient
of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose,
distribute or copy the email to any other party. This email and any
attached file are the property of Newport City Council.

When you email Newport City Council, you consent to the Council monitoring
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compliance. For the full disclaimer please access
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Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.

Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad

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