Section 23 - High Pressure Sodium Street Lighting Conversion Program

23-A GENERAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

1. Bangor Hydro-Electric Company (the Company) shall conduct an energy management program to encourage the conversion of mercury street lights to more efficient high pressure sodium street lights.

2. Under the program, the Company will remove and replace existing mercury street lighting fixtures and lamps with equivalent lumen level high pressure sodium fixtures and lamps with no direct charges for removal or premature retirement costs. In order to participate eligible Customers must apply by December 31, 1991.

23-B PROGRAM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

1. A qualified Program Participant (Participant):

a. Must be a street lighting customer of the Company taking service under Class G-1, Revenue Code 18.

b. Must have existing mercury street lighting lamps and fixtures which are owned by and were installed by the Company.

2. Participants shall be required to cooperate with the Company's data collection efforts associated with implementation of this program.

23-C AVAILABLE MEASURES

1. The following lists the eligible luminaire conversions:

Existing Mercury Equivalent Sodium Lamp/Watts	Future Watts
100	70
175	100
250	150
400	250
1000	400

2. Participants wishing to upgrade their lighting systems by installing additional sodium lamps and fixtures, or higher lumen output lamps than suggested, may do so after consulting with a Company advisor. Additional lamps and fixtures, or lamps with a higher lumen output than the eligible luminaire conversions listed in Section 23-C(1), will not be eligible for the two (2) year exemption stated in Subsection 23-D(4).

3. The open bottom sodium fixture will not be eligible for roadway lighting under this program without the express consent of the Company.

23-D UTILITY PARTICIPATION

1. The Company will target municipal street lighting customers and will provide services required to facilitate the conversion to higher efficiency sodium street lighting lamps and fixtures.

2. The Company may limit the rate of program implementation and the level of participation on a town-by town basis subject to the availability of necessary materials, equipment and labor.

3. The Company will waive charges for premature retirement or removal costs of fixtures replaced, required pursuant to Section 5-I of the Company's Terms and Conditions for conversions under this program.

4. If the rate in effect at the time of conversion for the equivalent high pressure sodium street light is greater than that for the mercury vapor street light being replaced, the Company shall guarantee the Participant will pay only the lower of the rates, as amended from time to time, for two (2) years following the conversion. At the end of the two (2) year period, the Participant will be responsible for paying the effective rate for high pressure sodium lamps and fixtures.

5. The Company will own and maintain all materials installed.

6. The Company reserves the right to hire outside contractors to implement all or part of this Program.

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