Orange to upgrade 2,500 street lights to LEDs

The city of Orange is upgrading 2,500 Orange street lights to energy efficient LED fixtures that will save energy, last longer and better illuminate local neighborhoods. City Engineer Frank Sun said the light-emitting diode fixtures are a big upgrade over the city’s current sodium-vapor lamps. Replacing the 2,500 lamps, a majority of the city’s street lights, will cost nearly $1 milliond. The city will receive a $395,000 rebate from Edison for the upgrade, and the rest will be made up by more than $110,000 per year in energy savings from the more efficient lights, officials said.