Electric Transmission Tower Lighting

Solar-powered obstruction lighting on a transmission monopole

Most electric utilities know they have a tower-lighting problem. Few know how big it is.

The transmission lighting problem

The grid wasn't built to be lit, it was built to move power. Take into account FAA obstruction-lighting obligation changes, mergers, and a lack of FAA obstruction rules, and few utilities have a clean inventory of which transmission towers require FAA lighting, how they need to be lit, or which are burning tonight. And when a beacon does go dark on a remote structure, the fix is an unplanned access trip, often far into the thousands by the time a crew reaches a corridor tower, with no line item waiting for it. Under TLaaS^®, that repair is covered by your flat monthly fee, not a surprise emergency invoice.

How LumenServe Helps

We're a specialist partner, not a hardware vendor. One contract, one point of contact, and tower-lighting compliance permanently leaves your operations team's list:

• Self-contained solar lighting with battery backup for remote towers, with no grid connection and no conduit
• 24/7/365 monitoring with NOTAM filing handled by our compliance team, so you never call the FAA at 2 a.m.
• Every quarterly and biennial inspection absorbed into one flat monthly fee
• Best-in-class LED with an Assurance Warranty that replaces any component at our cost
• TLaaS^®: we purchase the lights, with no capital required and flat monthly OpEx
• Aviation-lighting specialists who track every FAA circular, so your systems stay in spec as the rules change
• Avetta-certified for the contractor safety, insurance, and prequalification standards utilities require of their vendors
• ISN-registered, high-angle-certified crews, so you outsource the safety risk entirely
• TIPS-USA cooperative contract, so public power and co-ops can buy without a separate RFP
• The LumenServe^℠ Price Guarantee: up to five (5) years of flat-rate pricing with full upfront transparency, so lighting compliance is a fixed line you can forecast, not a moving cost

Prefer to own your lighting? Some utilities do, often because a system they own can be placed in the rate base and earn a regulated return. LumenServe supports that too: we will purchase and install the obstruction-lighting system for you to own outright. Because a purchase-and-install covers the hardware but not the ongoing obligation, we typically pair it with our Peace of Mind program, so the monitoring, NOTAM filing, inspections, and compliance recordkeeping are still handled for you.