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ETSA Utilities manages public lighting or street lighting assets for councils and the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI). We provide a range of services for these assets, including lighting design, installation, connection and ongoing maintenance.
Much of South Australia's public lighting utilises ETSA Utilities' electricity distribution infrastructure, and ETSA Utilities installs and manages all maintenance work. However in some instances, where councils and DPTI choose to maintain their own public lighting assets, we simply provide a connection to the distribution network. In these cases the infrastructure is owned and maintained by either DPTI or the council. There are various reasons why this agreement is preferred, for example where non-standard columns or light fittings have been used. This decision tends to be made on a 'need' basis. This arrangement is not available on any ETSA Utilities owned infrastructure.
Councils and DPTI are responsible for the energy consumption of all public lighting, whether or not the assets are provided and maintained by ETSA Utilities. They are billed directly by electricity retailers for their energy use.
ETSA Utilities is currently working with government bodies and lighting manufacturers to make South Australia's public lighting more efficient and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition to traditional street lighting options, developers and councils have the option to select energy efficient 42-watt compact fluorescent lamps. LED lighting is also being assessed to determine its suitability as an energy efficient street lighting option.
Over time ETSA Utilities aims to provide more sustainable lighting choices for councils and DPTI to meet a target of a 30% reduction in greenhouse emissions from street lighting by 2020.
All lighting installations or alterations are required to be designed and constructed to Australian Standards AS1158. At the same time no lighting can be installed or upgraded without the council or DPTI requesting the work and agreeing to the changes in tariff. The electrical arrangements of public lighting require that the lighting is unmetered.
Requests by interested stakeholders for new, upgraded or altered public lighting arrangements need to be approved by the relevant council or DPTI.
Please visit our Street lights out page to inform us if you have found a faulty street light.
A range of documents relating to public lighting for customers and contractors, including lighting tariffs, can be accessed below.
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 | Fact sheet - street lighting (105 KB) | ||
| Creation date: 27-11-2008 | |||
| Street lighting is generally the responsibility of local councils and the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. In both cases, ETSA Utilities acts as a contractor and provides a range of services including design, installation and maintenance. | |||
| NICC402 Information on Network and public lighting design by an external contractor (82 KB) | ||
| Creation date: 23-08-2005 | |||
| This document provides specifications on the design of public lighting infrastructure by an external contractor that is to be connected to the network. | |||
| NICC403 Standard Public Lighting Arrangements (875 KB) | ||
| Creation date: 23-08-2005 | |||
| Information on ETSA Utilities' standard public lighting arrangements. | |||
| NICC451 Design and public lighting agreement document (78 KB) | ||
| Creation date: 23-08-2005 | |||
| Design and public lighting agreement. | |||
| TS101 Public lighting standard for overhead and underground networks. (235 KB) | ||
| Creation date: 23-08-2005 | |||
| Public lighting standard for overhead and underground networks. | |||