Many businesses still have the old incandescent exit sign lights.  These are high maintenance and energy inefficient fixtures.   The fixtures typically use 2  20 watt incandescent screwin light bulbs (rated life is only 2000 hours).  These fixtures can be replaced with a new LED exit sign which uses only abou 2-4 watts depending on brand.  The LED lights typically are going to last at least 20,000 hours.  

The energy savings per year with the new LED light fixture is approximately $20 per year.

Idaho Power is currently offering tremendous rebates for companies that upgrade their present lighting to something mor energy efficient.  Typically the rebates cover about 50% of the costs of the upgrade depending on the upgrade.

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