The new lights will be installed in early November but will not be illuminated until sometime during the week of Thanksgiving. The lights, which will remain illuminated until after the 1st of the year, only consume .072 watts of energy per bulb. During the estimated 45 days that the lights will be illuminated they will consume only 233.3 KWh of electricity and cost an estimated $26.
In contrast, the old incandescent lights which they will replace would consume 2430 KWh during the same period and cost the City about $270. “It really just makes economic sense for Cities who do large holiday lighting displays to switch to LEDs,” said Michael J. O’Connor, co-owner of HolidayLEDs.com a new ecommerce company specializing in LED Christmas lights .