The reported light is maintained by Duke Energy and has been marked for service on their "Request a Light Repair" website. To follow the status of this repair or to report future outages please use the link below:

https://www.duke-energy.com/customer-service/request-light-repair

The City Does NOTHING about light trespass. Good Luck because the city will not help you. Duke will want you to pay for anything they do.

what is light trespass?

what is light trespass?

It's when spmeone shines their lights into your property/hpme that interfere with your right to peaceful enjoyment of your property

Here is a photo of this light tonight at 11:00 pm - it looks like daylight in my backyard. This is the equivalent of having a spotlight in my backyard and shining at my neighbors. Again, I am all for a well lit alley for safety, however this light serves no purpose to protect my yard or that of my neighbors. Duke Energy sent me an email saying this light was repaired as of yesterday. As you can see from these images taken tonight, this is absolutely false. Thank you for the information on light trespass, because this is exactly what is happening.

Here is how bright the light is from my bedroom. Same thing, if not worse, in the bedroom of my toddler.

I had a similar violation but it was a neighbor shining light into my yard & home. The codes dept said it was fine because the bulbs were below 150 watts & then NEVER REINSPECTED FROM MY YARD. & closed the case..I'm an avid stargazer & I lost the use of my back yard for 3 years.& the use of my rear bedroom for the same time. There are quite a few people with the same issue in St. Petersburg. Go look through the records, they're public. If you don't know how to access, call codes dept. & someone will explain how to find records in the system. I am outraged the way this city calls itself green & permits this to go on.

there's a guy named Pete in historic Kenwood who has been complaining for Years I think he's on 24th Ave.

It affects my backyard and bedroom as well. I have permanent light sensitivity from disability and LED and florescent lighting triggers major headaches and pressure issues. When he removed all the trees in his backyard it made it worse. I hope the city does something but I doubt it.

Acknowledged and entered on the Duke Customer Service website

I'm glad we are not the only ones in the immediate vicinity having an issue with this light. The trees that used to be in the yard did a great job of blocking the old light. However, when the trees were removed and Duke decided it was a good idea to install a solar beam in place of perfectly functioning light, this became an issue. I would be happy to see the old light bulb back, if the light must be there. I'm glad the city acknowledge this is an ongoing issue, but since they are so willing to pawn the matter off on Duke, I have elected to contact Duke directly on a regular basis and see if this gets me anywhere. I am currently awaiting response regarding my most recent service request, so I'll be hopeful and assume this means they are actively working to help us out.

Sarah - would you be willing to put a service request/complaint in with Duke? Thinking if we keep this matter relevant we may have a better chance of getting it resolved. Here is the link if you are willing/interested - https://www.duke-energy.com/customer-service/request-light-repair

Thank you all for your feedback, its nice to know I'm not alone.

Update from City's Engineering Department staff: We followed up with Duke Energy and noted the following:

Duke Energy confirmed the resident located at 245 24th St. N requested the new 4K LED light on (pole# B106720) for his back yard. This light is not located in City ROW. It is our understanding, that this light was installed in April, 2018 and Duke Energy did not have 3K LED lights available at the time.

One possible solution is for the resident to contact Duke and ask if he can request from them that the 4K LED light be replaced with 3K LED. The City cannot make the request to Duke, as the account for that light is the resident's.

Was this resolved ? Have a look at the cities own code I used to get them start a order with duke. These lights are cray bright!

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