http://www.bruceharrell.org Positive Focus Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:50:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/money-and-energy-saving-led-streetlight-installations-continue-under-budget-and-ahead-of-schedule/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/money-and-energy-saving-led-streetlight-installations-continue-under-budget-and-ahead-of-schedule/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:34:33 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1298 Press Release issued – Nov. 7, 2011 LED streetlights now installed from North 65th street in Seattle all the way through Shoreline SEATTLE – In late September of this year, Seattle City Light began installing LED streetlights on residential streets from North 65th Street in Seattle all the way to the northern boundary of City [...]

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]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/11/seattle-city-light-goes-mobile/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/08/council-approves-positive-changes-to-city-light-green-programs/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/08/council-approves-positive-changes-to-city-light-green-programs/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:45:51 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1245 Press Release issued 8/08/11 More inclusive Community Solar program and Green Up carries on SEATTLE – Today, the Seattle City Council approved legislation that helps expand Seattle’s reputation as a socially inclusive green city. Council Bill 117243 supports efforts to encourage all Seattle City Light customers to participate in the utility’s Community Solar program. This [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/08/council-approves-positive-changes-to-city-light-green-programs/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/07/seattle-city-lights-rate-stabilization-account-is-meeting-council-goals/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/07/seattle-city-lights-rate-stabilization-account-is-meeting-council-goals/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:10:08 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1238 Press Release issued 7/20/11 No surcharges forecasted for the remainder of 2011 Seattle –Today, City Light officials informed the Energy, Technology and Civil Rights Committee that the Rate Stabilization Account (RSA) is working as intended and there are no anticipated surcharges for the remainder of 2011. Last year, Councilmember Bruce Harrell developed and passed legislation [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/07/seattle-city-lights-rate-stabilization-account-is-meeting-council-goals/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/putting-our-power-plans-in-the-hands-of-our-community-developing-city-light%e2%80%99s-strategic-plan/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/putting-our-power-plans-in-the-hands-of-our-community-developing-city-light%e2%80%99s-strategic-plan/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 17:33:51 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1177 Public outreach forums begin in May As Chair of City Light, I have demanded that our customers have access to the same information that I have relative to the opportunities and challenges that face City Light. The public owns the utility so I wanted the public to exercise its vested interest in the plans of [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/05/putting-our-power-plans-in-the-hands-of-our-community-developing-city-light%e2%80%99s-strategic-plan/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/03/seattle-city-council-to-discuss-seattle-current-conversion-to-led-streetlights/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/03/seattle-city-council-to-discuss-seattle-current-conversion-to-led-streetlights/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:44:01 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1063 Media Advisory issued 3/01/11: SEATTLE – The Energy, Technology and Civil Rights Committee, chaired by Councilmember Bruce Harrell, will host a discussion of City Light’s continued roll out of LED streetlights and where they will be installed next. The discussion will include an analysis of cost and energy savings and emerging technologies such as adaptive [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/03/seattle-city-council-to-discuss-seattle-current-conversion-to-led-streetlights/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/02/2011-safe-streetlights-initiative/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/02/2011-safe-streetlights-initiative/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:17:23 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=1078 Inspection process helps ensure our streetlight system is safe This past Thanksgiving Sammy the German Shorthair Pointer was killed by contact voltage from faulty wiring in a metal poled streetlight on Queen Anne Hill. The streetlight was installed by a private contractor and inspected by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), pursuant to established policy. [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/02/2011-safe-streetlights-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/01/city-light-bond-sale-saves-utility-and-customers-10-million/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/01/city-light-bond-sale-saves-utility-and-customers-10-million/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:03:42 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=998 Press Release: January 12, 2011 Council action reaffirms utility’s financial ratings Seattle – The Seattle City Council today approved a utility bond refinance and an issuance of new bonds that saved Seattle City Light and its customers $10 million. “Last year we created the $100 million Rate Stabilization Account and developed a strategy to change [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2011/01/city-light-bond-sale-saves-utility-and-customers-10-million/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/12/answering-the-call-for-low-city-light-rates/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/12/answering-the-call-for-low-city-light-rates/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:59:51 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=970 Seattle residents and businesses demand low, competitive rates. A 2010 Seattle Times Op Ed piece demanded that Seattle City Light not increase rates and drive its costs down by operational efficiencies and live within its means. My committee, the Energy, Technology and Civil Rights Committee, heard those concerns and based on those demands, here are [...]

]]> http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/12/answering-the-call-for-low-city-light-rates/feed/ 0 http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/11/streetlight-maintenance-we-are-winning/ http://www.bruceharrell.org/2010/11/streetlight-maintenance-we-are-winning/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:19:52 +0000 Bruce Harrell http://www.bruceharrell.org/?p=972 Streetlight maintenance is a core service of Seattle City Light. Many cities throughout the country have prioritized the value of proper lighting in their neighborhoods and streets. You have asked me to fix the problem. Therefore, we changed replacement strategies and are now using new lighting technology. By doing so, the Utility has answered my [...]

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