The city of Bozeman intends to replace some streetlights with LEDs. It has budgeted $8,800 to replace 12 to 16 high-pressure-sodium streetlights with LEDs. Installation will take place in January or February.

City staff members are still finalizing the specifics, but city engineer Dustin Johnson said LEDs could be installed in streetlights along Durston Road, from Seventh to 11th avenues, and/or along West Babcock Street, from Main to Ferguson streets.

Once this winter’s pilot LED project is underway, Bozeman will measure and report potential cost and energy savings. According to city Climate Protection Coordinator Natalie Meyer,Bozeman spends $32,000 a month on the city’s electric bill for streetlights. That’s about one-third of the entire municipal power bill.