Palmetto has a plan to save energy and money in city buildings. Here’s how

In a partnership with Florida Power and Light, the city of Palmetto is looking to replace several hundred lights and some other utilities across the city to save money and energy.FPL’s Energy Savings Guarantee program allows FPL and the city to make upgrades to water and electric fixtures and use the money saved on bills to pay for the upgrades. Most of what will be included in the deal are lights in the city – more than 480 of them – including those at City Hall, the wastewater treatment facility and FPL’s streetlights. The upgrades will include retrofitting or replacing some fixtures and installing LED bulbs.

Read the full story