Stakeholder Engagement

Municipal Street Lighting Asset Symposium

To assist in preventing any potential electrical hazards from street light assets, ESA invited street light asset owners to a symposium on street lighting issues. The intent of the symposium was to provide further information to street light asset owners and to provide a forum for asset owners to ask questions and learn from the experiences of other municipalities.

Municipal Street Lighting Asset Symposium – Presentations

ESA - Introduction to Symposium & Guidelines

ESA - Street Light Symposium ESA Investigations

THESL - Toronto Hydro Street Lighting Experience

PSC - Stray Voltage in the Public Landscape

Other Documents

Street Light Symposium - Final Agenda

Street Light Symposium – Municipal Invitation

Street Light Maintenance - Distributor Information Bulletin

August 20, 2009 Symposium Attendees

The Boston Experience

In March 2005, the City of Boston appointed a Joint Task Force to examine the issue of Electrical Safety that had a particular focus on stray voltage.

The Joint Task Force on Electrical Safety examined the issues surrounding the electrical infrastructure in the City of Boston. They began with a comprehensive inspection program of all electrical equipment on city streets and sidewalks, and tested a vast majority of that equipment using voltage indicators.

The Task Force issued a comprehensive report in July 2005 containing a series of 15 specific recommendations for the prevention and detection of electric safety issues.

You can view the report in PDF format.

Report of the Joint Task Force on Electrical Safety