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g p~AT a~ ~~wo "One caveat to that, to governmental agencies is that when you use cut-off fixturWe first 1 2 requires more fixtures in a given area toCh rr fotte Metrop titan area over 20 yearos agoyand it a as 3 experimented with cut-off lighting in the ve many advantages, but one of its disadvantag samehi luminationeS it takes more lights m 4 ry ratio and the 5 distance to have the same uniformity 6 that this is 7 "So, what that translates to is more ~o illuma ateca subdiv sio'nglim not DsaOying 8 municipalities, even private parties that want 9 a bad thing. It is just a fact of life that will happen in many cases. 10 va or. One thing to 11 "The other item I tacueR ntly, thalt s thehlowr~ost'toption a approved by the Utility '12 keep in mind on that is tha , a flies. Mercury vapor is available in cut-off fixtures so the light 13 Commission for most requesting p 14 pollution issue would be address but the consumption issue would remain. a flat 15 16 "One side note about the consumps'ed on flat rate a Mercury vapor fixtu~e is a low-cost 17 rate, it's not based on consumption, it ~s ba 18 o tion because it is less cost to install and it's less of the fac I'i ies and the tcost that Duke Power P 19 are based on the cost of the consumption, the cos 20 has to expend going out there and makingou h t Isrmore efficient!ISo there are some trade-offs. 21 involved than the mercury vapor, even th g 22 It's not a linear comparison that can be made sometimes. 23 24 "The other thing is that the electricity that ises but the gotwer system that Duke Powere 25 energy. I know that is hard to comprehend sometim P 26 and the other utilities use to generate electricity is that g enerati ndwhether weouse' igortnot. And 27 which occur during the daytime. We have to build g 28 at night when the load is down, we've still got that gednu ratio eak timese at's kilnd of I kerbu ding a 29 And using it for illumination actually offsets the co 9 P . 30 four-lane road to get to Kenan Stadium but you only needs itof thte yea wand offset the,co s of ~ at 31 road there all, it would be nice if you could use it every Y 32 and that is how lighting is viewed. Ana agoves forlus to build the maintenance cost are 33 considered in what the Commission pp 34 35 "In closing, I would like to say that Duke Power, and I, mY~eciateothe opportun ty we'vee 36 the dialogue with the County and other interested parties. We app 37 had so far. We look forward to getting effective, and simple and, ultimately, workable Ordinance." 38 "is there anyone who was not signed up to speak who would 39 A. Nicole Gooding-Ray 40 like to speak to this tssue at this time? OK." I didn t see 41 42 Barry Jacobs "I would like to mak ss ns r-hoicmh a~etbasca ly advert'i ng signs. We don't light . 43 anything in here about subdmsion g 44. our street signs. I don't see why we would allow the lighting of subdivision signs. 45 46 "I would like to second Mr. Bndationo havetalshmplet cleanerway of olok ngrat fixtures 47 keeping with Duke Power recomme 48 on a periodic basis. I don't know how that ta~ki~s about allnstreet ligh~ts.yl'm not sure we have 49 publicly -funded street lights or rf you are g 50 control over publicly-funded street lights, but we do have over privately-funded street fights. 51 Probably the grossest tight polluter in central Orange County is DOTs new interchange at