Duke Energy is currently in the process of converting street lights to higher efficiency LED technology. The street lights included in this conversion are owned and maintained by Duke Energy within the City limits. The conversion program started in June 2018 and will be completed by June 2020.
The City and Duke Energy continue to receive requests for new lights or shielding of existing lights due to the light encroachment onto private property. We agree that either poor lighting or light encroachment can be frustrating. The good news is that LED streetlights should eliminate both problems in almost every case. LED streetlights offer advanced light focusing, sending light to the street where it is needed without the unwanted spread of light offsite. We believe the new LED streetlights will resolve most of the light distribution problems. Therefore, we have suspended installing new light shields on the old lights until the LED conversion project is completed.

GOOD LUCK LINDA,!

GOOD LUCK LINDA,!

My old light did not need a shield. We now have NEW LED light that definitely needs a shield. Extremely bright- shines into our bedroom.
Please can you add a shield ?

Acknowledged

The city needs to address these as they come up rather than all at once. I see there have been multiple code violations reported on the light encroachment, including myself. City needs to follow its own codes before citizens start damaging or altering these LEDs.... !

Duke Energy is in process of converting street lights to higher efficiency LED technology. The street lights included in this conversion, within the City limits, are owned and maintained by Duke Energy. The conversion program started in June, 2018 and has a projected completion date of June, 2020. Modifications to new street lights will be considered at a later date, after completion of the LED street light project.