Dive Brief:

• Florida Power & Light (FPL) is linking 75,000 street lights to its smart grid network, a project that will be the largest lighting network in the U.S.
• The “smart” streetlight deployment by Silver Spring Networks will mesh with FPL's 4.5 million smart meter network, increasing the utility's to manage the streetlights while providing more information on power plant outages and restoration.
• The project was driven by FPL's desire to install light emitting diode (LED) bulbs in the streetlights, which will use less power and require less maintenance.

Dive Insight:

Silver Spring estimates that its customers have or manage about 6 million streetlights. It will be interesting to see if they follow FPL's lead and extend their smart grid network to their lights.