Regional Streetlight Procurement Program (RSLPP)

LED streetlights, traffic signals, and exterior lighting present an excellent opportunity for municipalities to reduce energy use and operating costs while improving public safety. DVRPC’s Regional Street Lighting Procurement Program (RSLPP) pools the decision-making and purchasing power of municipalities so that they can confidently and cost effectively access the resources needed to complete an LED street and exterior lighting project. Municipal participants benefit from reduced product and labor pricing, a common step-by-step program timeline, access to financing, if needed, and technical and legal assistance in designing and implementing projects.

DVRPC launched the first round of RSLPP in 2015, resulting in LED streetlight conversion projects across 35 municipalities in southeastern Pennsylvania. You can learn more about the 2015 RSLPP here.

RSLPP Fact Sheet

From 2018 to 2025, DVRPC’s RSLPP supported 42 additional municipalities in southeastern PA with LED streetlight and outdoor lighting conversion projects. For these 42 municipalities, DVRPC managed a Design-Bid-Build process on behalf of participants to enable project development and construction. To do this, DVRPC ran solicitations for a Design Services Professional and leveraged those services to contract with the program’s manufacturersdistributor, and installer.

 LED lights installed in bottom half to replace outdated High Pressure Sodium Lights (top half)
In-progress installation in Lower Chichester, Township (Delaware County). LED lights installed in bottom half to replace outdated High Pressure Sodium Lights (top half) Photo credit: Joe Natale, DVRPC: 2024

RSLPP - Program Results to Date

77

municipalities

~48,000

streetlights converted

$32

million net savings over 20 years

5,835

metric tons of CO2 emissions saved annually

20.6

million kilowatt hours saved annually

Project Details
MunicipalityCountyNumber of
Streetlights
20 Year Savings
Ambler BoroughMontgomery477$282,348
Aston TownshipDelaware798 $573,690
Avondale BoroughDelaware74$176,075
Bensalem TownshipBucks3,453 $1,240,434
Brookhaven BoroughDelaware533 $344,440
Buckingham TownshipBucks248 $146,119
Caln TownshipChester245$508,027
Cheltenham TownshipMontgomery3,225 $3,335,973
City of ChesterDelaware3,693$3,114,136
Collegeville BoroughMontgomery403$137,016
Collingdale BoroughDelaware435 $341,867
Colwyn BoroughDelaware156$47,033
Darby BoroughDelaware593 $400,680
Downingtown BoroughChester293$267,174
Dublin BoroughBucks113$76,738
East Lansdowne BoroughDelaware109 $62,835
East Marlborough TownshipChester332$104,895
Easttown TownshipChester256$834,643
Eddystone BoroughDelaware490$190,829
Glenolden BoroughDelaware385 $182,872
Green Lane BoroughMontgomery48$132,916
Hatfield TownshipMontgomery916 $177,221
Haverford TownshipDelaware1057$366,964
Ivyland BoroughBucks96$23,921
Jenkintown BoroughMontgomery368 $365,508
Kennett Square BoroughChester436 $199,721
Langhorne Manor BoroughBucks109$37,898
Lansdale BoroughMontgomery2,621 $2,204,773
Lansdowne BoroughDelaware606 $136,360
Limerick TownshipMontgomery291$610,703
Lower Chichester TownshipDelaware254$282,509
Lower Gwynedd TownshipMontgomery157($9,602)
Lower Moreland TownshipMontgomery499 $174,584
Lower Pottsgrove TownshipMontgomery100 $228,858
Lower Salford TownshipMontgomery224$301,671
Malvern BoroughChester208$513,039
Marcus Hook BoroughDelaware287 $332,469
Media BoroughDelaware445 $457,997
Middletown TownshipBucks4,756 $1,323,798
Millbourne BoroughDelaware91 $70,749
Montgomery TownshipMontgomery3333$298,447
Morton BoroughDelaware176 $138,777
Narberth BoroughMontgomery458$872,169
New Britain TownshipBucks270 $604,935
New Garden TownshipChester436$301,118
New Hope BoroughBucks361 $106,838
Newtown BoroughBucks181 $149,922
Newtown TownshipBucks1,521$2,956
Newtown TownshipDelaware1,204 $126,701
Norristown BoroughMontgomery2,075$1,107,171
North Wales BoroughMontgomery260$33,258
Oxford BoroughChester336$225,150
Parkside BoroughDelaware93$90,284
Penndel BoroughBucks171$58,667
Phoenixville BoroughChester1,128 $952,293
Radnor TownshipDelaware1,356$205,911
Rockledge BoroughMontgomery297$112,150
Rutledge BoroughDelaware68 $34,799
Schwenksville BoroughMontgomery75 $41,299
Skippack TownshipMontgomery147$13,833
South Coatesville BoroughChester108$15,520
Springfield TownshipMontgomery1,193 $534,323
Towamencin TownshipMontgomery97 $91,676
Trainer BoroughDelaware352$154,555
Trappe BoroughMontgomery246$99,090
Tredyffrin TownshipChester4,024$1,256,772
Tullytown BoroughBucks440$860,196
Upper Dublin TownshipMontgomery2,107 $824,730
Upper Gwynedd TownshipMontgomery174$224,180
Upper Moreland TownshipMontgomery2,901$580,905
Upper Providence TownshipMontgomery499$79,806
Uwchlan TownshipChester91 $(26,882)
Warrington TownshipBucks1,539 $458,949
West Brandywine TownshipChester82$40,612
West Grove BoroughChester178$30,245
Whitemarsh TownshipMontgomery1,865 $772,401
Yeadon BoroughDelaware588 $271,260

RSLPP Project Map

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A Best Practices Guide for Multi-Municipal Aggregation Programs: Lessons Learned from DVRPC’s RSLPP

This guide includes the best practices and lessons learned from DVRPC’s Regional Streetlight Procurement Program (RSLPP). This guide provides step-by-step information that will assist regional and multi-government groups with developing and implementing a multi-local government / aggregation procurement and implementation program, specifically for LED streetlight conversions.

Energy Efficient Traffic Signals and Streetlights Municipal Implementation Tool (MIT)

DVRPC produced a short, easy-to-read booklet that provides an overview of the key opportunities for streetlight and traffic signal retrofits, and provides information on where to go for additional resources and funding opportunities.

U.S. DOE Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium collects, analyzes, and shares technical information and experiences related to LED street and area lighting demonstrations. The Consortium also provides an objective resource for evaluating new products on the market intended for street lighting applications. DVRPC encourages all municipalities in the region to become a member of the consortium.

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