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Powerline Press NEWSLETTER October 2015


A Supplement of Oklahoma Living Published by Lake Region Electric Cooperative for its members. Vol. 6


No. 10 LED Security Lighting “For over a year we have been testing the new Energy Efficiency Tip of the Month


Don’t let vampires suck the life out of your energy efficiency efforts! Unplugging unused electronics –


otherwise known as “energy vampires” – can save you as much as 10 percent on your electric bill.


Source: Department of Energy


YouthPower Energy Camp Sparks Fun


Volleyball, Hiking, Swimming, and Pole Climbing Eighty 8th grade students took advantage of this


Happy Halloween


year’s “YouthPower Energy Camp” in Hinton, Okla- homa. The camp is designed to help students develop leadership skills and learn about the rural electric co- operative industry. Campers engaged in safety demon- strations, climbed poles, and watched a co-op crew in action. Students had the opportunity to work with new friends from across the state to form and run their own cooperative business.


“Thanks for one of the best weeks of my life,” one


camper wrote. “I had so much fun learning about elec- tric and going up in the bucket truck.” Lake Region Electric Cooperative (LREC) joined Oklahoma


Association LREC Powerline Press of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) in sponsoring three students to attend the


Left to right: Kailey Guinn, Donavon Burk, and Wyatt Wilson


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Lake Region Electric Cooperative is very


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happy with the feedback it is receiving from the membership regarding the new LED secu- rity lights. LREC has installed over 185 LED security lights since stocking the LED lights over a year ago.


LREC is currently only installing LED


security lights on new services requesting a security light, while we evaluate their perfor- mance. There is a fee to have an already exist- ing, working security light changed out with a new LED light.


lights in the field and comparing them to what the manufacturer states about the product. We haven’t had any lights fail or give us any problems,” said Logan Pleasant, LREC Director of Engineering and Operations. The LED security light LREC is now install- ing is a 44 watt LED light made by Evluma. These lights are a downward directional light, with ap- proximately 100 ft. of lighting from the pole. These lights have a 20 year maintenance free life expec- tancy. In an effort to be more energy efficient and keep security light rates affordable to its members, LREC is looking at the future of security lighting. LED lights are the most efficient lights on the mar-


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Photo courtesy of OAEC


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