Sample Letter to NJ Board of Public Utilities

Date

Ms. Jeanne M. Fox
President, New Jersey Board
     Of Public Utilities
Two Gateway Center			
Newark, NJ  07102

Re: Objectionable JCP&L Floodlights & Streetlights

Dear President Fox:

     I would like to bring to your attention JCP&L floodlight(s) installed at the location(s) indicated below.  I find these lights objectionable because they cause unnecessary glare and light spillage.  Please arrange to have JCP&L make corrections to the inappropriately installed floodlight(s) by adding visors and or making necessary repositioning adjustments.

     The State Tariff authorizing the electric utility floodlight service states: "This service is also not available where, in the Company's judgement, it may be objectionable to others, or where, having been installed, it is objectionable to others."

     There does not appear to be any procedure within JCP&L for making such floodlight corrections.  Perhaps an electric utility point of contact, a telephone number and a format could be established for the public to register their complaints.  If these floodlights were competently installed following the recommendations of the IESNA to avoid unnecessary glare, there would be no need for these corrections to be made.

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Business Facility                                       Street Name & or Route No.                            

     This may be an appropriate time to also bring to your attention the non-cutoff Utility streetlights that also cause unnecessary glare.  The use of full cutoff streetlights would avoid this problem as explained in an article titled “Lets All Reduce Light Pollution” published in the 5/04 issue of NJ MUNICIPALITIES magazine.

Sincerely,

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