Politics & Government
Burnsville Streetlights Are About To Change
Xcel Energy will start converting Burnsville's high-pressure sodium bulbs with LED streetlights this month.

BURNSVILLE, MN — Burnsville residents may begin noticing changes to the streetlights in their neighborhood. This month, Xcel Energy will begin converting many of the city’s current "high pressure sodium" streetlights into new, more efficient LEDs.
In 2012, Xcel Energy conducted a pilot program to test LED streetlights. The results indicated that these LEDs are of the same quality and reliability as previous-technology lights. The company began replacing the traditional cobra head and similar street lights in their Minnesota service area with LEDs in 2016.
According to Xcel Energy, the new LED lights will have a more efficient light pattern, reducing glare and focusing light directly on the area to be lit (typically corners and mid-block locations). These new lights are also meant to reduce "spillage" of excess light into neighboring yards and windows.
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This change-out will not impact any local neighborhood decorative street lights.
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