Decision

1.    that subject to 2.
below, Cabinet approve Option 3 – Telensa Central Management
System, as set out in Section 7 of the submitted report, with
borrowing for the sum of £2,261,870, including 5% contingency
for the purchase and hosted service of Telensa Computer Management
System, and 3,431 new LED lanterns to upgrade streetlighting in
Torbay; and
 

2.    that Council be
recommended to approve prudential borrowing of £2,261,870
including 5% contingency for the purchase and hosted service of
Telensa Computer Management System, and 3,431 new LED lanterns to
upgrade streetlighting in Torbay.

Reasons for the decision

The proposal would
enable the Council to fully maximise the potential of its
streetlight assets and to use the asset in a different way.
 Currently they would be viewed as
either on or off, the computer management system of Telensa would allow the Council to set lighting
levels and roll out dimming regimes. 
The proposal importantly allows a degree of managing energy cost
spikes that currently the Council has no control over, lights can
be dimmed or switched off depending on the necessity of the
situation to reduce energy costs in times of need.

Alternative options considered

Option 1: A business
as usual (BAU) approach for our streetlighting inventory.
Under this option, the
Council would continue with the current manual streetlighting
system and processes.  This current
system was outdated and limited in its capabilities, particularly
in being able to implement energy efficient dimming regimes in both
a cost effective and timely manner.
 
Option 2: To procure
and install 3,431 Holophane LED lanterns for the remaining
streetlight inventory that have not been upgraded as part of the
current streetlighting LED replacement programme.  This option would bring the remaining
streetlighting inventory up to modern standards in terms of their
energy efficiency and could deliver an estimated £151,473 of
annual energy savings and 127 tonnes of carbon emissions savings,
for a cost of £896,968.
 
Option 3: Added to all
the benefits of option 2, the implementation of the Central
Management System solution would provide the Council’s
Streetlighting Team with the ability to make real time changes to
the streetlights and importantly implement a more energy efficient
dimming regime in a timely and cost-effective manner.  This option would deliver £292,291 of energy
savings and save 230 tonnes of carbon emissions, operational
savings, create an adaptable system and deliver a range of
co-benefits including environmental and health and
wellbeing.  This was, therefore, the
preferred option.