Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited, in partnership with the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) and the City of Toronto's Cavalcade of Lights, wrapped up its sixth annual 'Festive Light Exchange' program with impressive results. In exchange for two strings of old, energy-inefficient incandescent seasonal lights, Toronto Hydro gave out approximately 10,400 strings of LED lights over the past holiday season. This represents an electricity reduction of about 2.3 megawatts.

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• Toronto residents brought in more than 22,000 strings of old incandescent lights.
• Last year, Toronto residents returned 18,500 strings of old incandescent lights.
• Since the program began in 2005, approximately 76,000 old, inefficient incandescent strings have been retired overall. Seasonal LED lights use up to 95 per cent less electricity than traditional, incandescent lights. All copper, plastic and glass collected from the old strings of incandescent lights are fully recycled by Toronto Hydro.
• In 2009, Toronto Hydro removed approximately 40 MW from the grid with its portfolio of conservation and demand management programs. In total, that's enough electricity to power over 27,000 homes. Since launching its programs in 2005, Toronto Hydro has removed more than 422 MW from the grid.

For more information visit www.torontohydro.com.

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