The problem finding was from the public finance data. Mike Stewart, the public works director of this city, told the reporters that the idea of switching from electric street lights to solar-powered ones is something has not been considered and hasn’t done any research to see whether it would be feasible. He thought solar-powered street lights might not be an option for saving money on Muskogee’s street lighting expense. And last week the City Council’s Public Works Committee approved a plan to save about $70,000 of the $450,000 per year it spends on street lights by turning off lights along some streets.

Not like the areas that suffered hurricanes, whose street lights were a new installation and if they chose solar lights they can save the installation money and if they replaced electric lights would be inefficient. And not like high pressure sodium bulbs, the lighting from solar powered street lights may be somewhat less. Solar street lights produce about 2,500 lumen. HPS bulbs generally produce 100-150 lumen per watt. With 150-watt bulbs used in many street lights, an electric street light would produce more than 30,000 lumen.