To: James P. Torgerson, Chairman, President, CEO, John Prete, COO UI Electric Operations, and Thomas Cariglio
UI should install 3,000 kelvin LED Street Lights
4,000 kelvin blue-spectrum LED streetlights are bad for public health, bad for public safety, and negatively impact neighborhood quality of life. United Illuminating should join Eversource and install only AMA-approved 3,000 kelvin or lower LED streetlight bulbs in its Connecticut Service Area.
Why is this important?
United Illuminating has refused the request of the city of Hamden, CT to install 3,000 kelvin or lower LED streetlight bulbs, ignoring mounting evidence of the threat 4,000k LED lights pose to public health, public safety, and quality of life. Moving forward with 4,000k installation against the growing concern of citizens in the UI service area presents a reckless ignorance of the current state of medical and public safety science, and callous disregard for public opinion in the UI towns and across the country. Implementation of 4,000k LED streetlights will be enormously expensive for towns and cities to undo if UI moves forward with its current plan. As citizens who care deeply about our neighborhoods and our towns, we demand that UI implement 3,000kelvin or lower LED streetlights in all future installations.