In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 14 Feb 2021 23:25:03 -0500, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
says...

That's pretty surprising that a light on your property would get such
good treatment. And replacing it with something that uses a lot less
eletrity afaik when their business is selling electricity. Is Duke
consumer-owned, perhaps?
Used to be common for "dusk to dawn" yard lights to be provided to
farms and other enterprises on a "flat Rate" basis by the electrical
utility - BEFORE the meter - in which case lower power usage is in the
utility's best interest



Yes this is a flat rate light that is the automatic dusk to dawn light.
The wires go directly to the main line and there is no meter or off/on
switch other than the light sensor at the top of the pole. I have no
control of it at all. The less the power company has in it and the
power it uses, the more they make. I seem to remember that they are in
the process of changing from MV to LED for all those lights.

The light lights up the back yard. It was here when we bought the house
and at the time I was working about 7 nights a month so my wife wanted
to keep it. Probably should have it cut off now, but I am out in the
country and the only close house is about 200 feet away.

It all makes sense now.