Outdoor Lighting

Sumter EMC offers a wide variety of economical, effective outdoor lighting products for your home or business. Outdoor lights help protect your home or business - or both - from criminal activity, and they enhance the nighttime appearance of your property. Outdoor lighting is provided for a flat monthly fee that includes all energy used by the light fixture and ordinary maintenance of the poles, light fixtures, and bulbs. Click here to view typical combinations of fixtures and poles.

Act now! Apply for an outdoor light and get three months of service free. All you have to do to take advantage of this offer is complete an application form and agree to keep the outdoor light for a minimum of 12 months after the free period.

Outdoor lights are available in three different bulb types:

High Pressure Sodium (HPS)

Appearance: Soft yellow hue

Advantage: Economical

Mecury Vapor (MV)

Appearance: Blue hue

Advantage: Higher perceived brightness

Metal Halide (MH)

Appearance: White (pure) light

Advantage: Excellent color rendition

Open Bottom Fixture

100 Watt HPS	$9.00
175 Watt MV	$9.00
250W HPS	$10.50

Mounted on wood poles

Cobrahead Fixture

100 Watt HPS	$9.00
250 Watt HPS	$10.50
400 Watt HPS	$15.50

Mounted on wood, fiberglass, or concrete poles

Shoebox Fixture

100 Watt HPS	$13.25
250 Watt HPS	$15.50
400 Watt HPS	$21.00
1000 Watt HPS	$31.00
400 Watt MH	$24.00
1000 Watt MH	$34.00

Mounted on fiberglass or concrete poles.

Flood Fixture

100 Watt HPS	$13.25
250 Watt HPS	$15.50
400 Watt HPS	$21.00
1000 Watt HPS	$31.00
400 Watt MH	$24.00
1000 Watt MH	$34.00

Mounted on wood, fiberglass, or concrete poles.

Post Mount Fixture

100 Watt HPS	$11.00
175 Watt MV	$12.00

Mounted on fiberglass or concrete poles.

Traditional Fixture

100 Watt HPS	$11.00
150 Watt HPS	$12.00
175 Watt MV	$12.00
175 Watt MH	$13.00

Mounted on fiberglass or concrete poles.

Acorn Fixture

100 Watt HPS	$15.50
175 Watt MH	$16.50

Mounted on fiberglass or concrete poles.

Typical Combinations of Fixtures and Poles


Ornamental Concrete Pole, Acorn Fixture	Fiberglass Pole, Traditional Fixture	Fiberglass Pole, Flood Fixture	Fiberglass Pole, Shoebox Fixture

Pole Rates

24 foot wood pole (existing poles only)	$0.00 per month
24 foot wood pole dedicated to lighting	$2.00 per month
16 foot fiberglass pole	$4.25 per month
10 foot fluted (ornamental) concrete pole	$8.50 per month

Other fixtures and poles in addition to those listed above are available. For additional information, consult a Sumter EMC representative.

Contact our Customer Service Department at customerservice@sumteremc.com or 1-800-342-6978 for additional details.

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Outdoor Lighting

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