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. 14 Northern States Power Company NP Lakeland Division 1700 East County Road E Wilde Deln Like, M,ono:old 55110 Dale W. Foulds Telephone (6121770 1047 General Manager Lakeland Division March 9, 1983 It ri C111 ab! Mr Donald F Pauley, Administrator City of Mounds View 2401 US Highway 10 Mounds View MN 55112 RE: Con,'ersion of NSP Owned Overhead Street Lights to Nigh, Fressuree Sodium The majority of the mercury street lights in your city and over the entire NSP sysr.em were installed several years ago and will soon require new ballasts as the old ones fail. Because our rates are based an cost of service, it is to both your city and NSP's advantage to convert these units to energy efficient high pressure sodium instead of replacing the old mercury ballasts. This would also be in line with the national and NSP's commitment to energy conservation. In response to these objectives, NSP has developed a new program) to reduce the number of energy inefficient street lights on its system. The options under this program are as follows: 1. At your request, NSP will convert any NSP owned overhead incandescent or fluorescent street light to new energy efficient high pressure sodium at no charge for the conversion. The monthly billing for energy and maintenance will be changed to the high pressure sodium rate which will usually result in lower cost to your city if present light levels are maintained. 2, At your request, NSP will convert any NSP owned overhead mercury street light to a new energy efficient high pressure sodium unit. The one time conversion charge to convert a mercury unit to high pressure sodium is $5.00 per unit, The monthly billing for energy and maintenance will be changed to•the high pressure sodium rate which will result in a slightly higher cost to your city but will also slightly raise the light level in your city.