PSNH downplays city savings of converting to LED street lights

Public Service of New Hampshire is downplaying the savings that Manchester might realize by converting to efficient LED (light-emitting diode) street lights. The state Public Utilities Commission earlier this month granted the city the right to intervene in PSNH's petition to establish a new rate for the LED lights as part of its street lighting service for government entities. The commission was prepared to rule on the petition by the end of this month until city officials rushed to Concord to intervene. The PSNH request, which was posted as a legal notice in this newspaper in late October, will likely be of interest to several communities that have eyed LED lights.