CC MEETING: October 22, 2024
DATE: October 7, 2024
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Jonathan Wheat, P.E., Director of Engineering
Shannon Hicks, Assistant City Manager
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Consider A Resolution Authorizing An Agreement With Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC For Street Lighting Services.
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BACKGROUND:
On October 15, 2019, the City Council approved Ordinance 3298 granting Oncor a Franchise Agreement to furnish and deliver electricity to the general public in the City of Carrollton and furnish street light services. The Agreement with Oncor includes the installation and maintenance of streetlights throughout the City. Streetlights installed under the existing agreement have primarily been Hight Pressure Sodium (HPS) lights. This type of lighting is very energy efficient, however, the lighting has a yellow hue. Recently, the development of light-emitting diode (LED) street lighting, which provides a more desirable white light and is also energy efficient, has become cost competitive with HPS lighting. As a result, all major manufacturers used by Oncor, and the industry at large, have either started or have completely phased out HPS streetlight fixtures. Due to changing industry standards, Oncor has made the decision to begin replacing all existing Oncor owned/maintained HPS fixtures with LED fixtures as they fail and will only offer LED fixtures for new construction.
The Agreement with Oncor will authorize Oncor to replace existing non-working streetlight fixtures with LED streetlight fixtures.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no immediate costs associated with the Amendment to the Oncor Agreement. The costs to the City will be determined each year by the Oncor Tariff Rate, which is adjusted based on the cost of lighting fixtures and electricity costs. Costs for street lighting services will be covered though the Operational Budget and are not anticipated to change significantly due to installation of LED lighting.
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
This project will support the City Council’s strategic objectives and vision of building a community that families and businesses want to call home by:
• Maintaining and improving street lighting throughout the City.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION/ACTION DESIRED:
Staff recommends approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Agreement with Oncor Electric Delivery (Oncor) for Street Lighting Services.