Raleigh to install LED street lights

Mayor Charles Meeker and Lloyd Yates, president and chief executive of Progress Energy Carolinas, will help install some of the light-emitting diode fixtures in street lamps along Davie Street outside the utility's headquarters.

Progress Energy and the city partnered to test the energy-saving LEDs in various applications. The devices feature lamps developed by Durham-based Cree Inc.

After studying how the LEDs operate under daily conditions, city officials will meet with Progress Energy managers to determine whether the technology should be expanded in Raleigh.