Avista moving to LED lights

A new light will be shining in Avista’s Washington and Idaho service area as the company replaces nearly 30,000 company-owned streetlights with energy efficient LED lights over five years.

Updating to LED streetlights provides advantages to the public, customers and the environment as they use about 50 percent less energy than traditional high-pressure sodium lights, while lasting 2-3 times longer and providing better light quality for motorists and pedestrians.

Avista is on track to upgrade 3,000 of its streetlights in Washington by the end of 2015 and expects to launch the program in Idaho i...