I was in OKC this weekend and noted along with light outages already covered are abandoned light poles laying all over rights of way - specifically multiple places on l-44. They have clearly been there a good while.

Since starting this thread most of the stretches of streetlights have been fixed. One area still notably dark is around the Civic Center and City Hall.

Since starting this thread most of the stretches of streetlights have been fixed. One area still notably dark is around the Civic Center and City Hall.

Definitely noticed this the other night walking back from a concert at the Paycom Center over to my apartment over at Aviare at 11pm. This was the only area where I felt unsafe on the walk back because it was so dark. Such a weird feeling being in the middle of the city.

Since starting this thread most of the stretches of streetlights have been fixed. One area still notably dark is around the Civic Center and City Hall.

And both of these areas have been reported to OG&E and the Action Center, almost 2 weeks ago

I've been reporting (much to my annoyance) to O.G.&E. the various outages. Recently I again reported the outages on the Oklahoma Blvd from Western to I-40. Today O.G. & E. responded with an actual work order number for that particular repair. Fingers crossed for the repair to actually happen.

Coming back from a show at OCCC tonight, we noticed that the lights on May over the river were *all* lit up, first time we've seen that in probably 6 years. Thanks to whoever reported those, since I know OG&E didn't decide to do it out of the goodness of their heart...

Looks like progress...finally!

I came home tonight after being away for a week. Lights surrounding the Civic Center are still not working. Also, the area of I-44 where the OKCPD Officer lost her life, the stretch between SW 29& SW 44th Street are all out. Very dark along that curved area tonight.

Job security if you are in the OG&E light bulb changing department… file a bunch of reports for broken street lights and cash in some overtime for Christmas.

Job security if you are in the OG&E light bulb changing department… file a bunch of reports for broken street lights and cash in some overtime for Christmas.

And then who pays for all the overtime?
There go the rates again.

And then who pays for all the overtime?
There go the rates again.

I wasn’t being totally serious. They wouldn’t authorize overtime for it. Just a thought experiment.

Several weeks ago OG&E provided me a work order number for repairing lights on the OK Blvd from Western to I-40. The work has yet to be done. Maybe they're behind.

Received email from the Action Center today, looks like the city repaired quite a few of the P180 lights this week that I've reported. City Hall, Civic Center, Reno Ave and the area surrounding the Myriad Gardens were all lit this evening.

I moved recently and leave early morning for work and drive 235 north from downtown to I-44 east. So many places of non-working streetlights along my route. Some on 235 north. But mainly at I-44 and Lincoln exit. So. Stinkin. Dark.

You'd think as many people who work at OG&E that various employees, driving through OKC at night, would report so many outages. Such abysmal way of doing business for OG&E.

OG&E replied to their delay on repairing many of the streetlights at highway interstate loops/bypasses as:
"We are still waiting for the City of Oklahoma City to maintenance the towers. We are unable to lower the towers to repair them until the city does the maintenance."

Thus, the city says it on OG&E. OG&E says its the city.

Unreal.

OG&E replied to their delay on repairing many of the streetlights at highway interstate loops/bypasses as:
"We are still waiting for the City of Oklahoma City to maintenance the towers. We are unable to lower the towers to repair them until the city does the maintenance."

Thus, the city says it on OG&E. OG&E says its the city.

Unreal.

So OGE can only touch the light bulbs or something? Why would the pole/tower be separate from the light?

So OGE can only touch the light bulbs or something? Why would the pole/tower be separate from the light?

You can pay OG&E to install and maintain the lamp or the entire pole, fixture, and lamp. However, OG&E only provides a few types of poles/fixtures. So if the city wants to do something special that OG&E does not offer, then the city pays for the installation and maintenance of the pole, and they only pay OG&E to maintain the lamp. OG&E is not allowed to work on poles/fixtures that are not provided/maintained by them.

That's why street lighting is such a mess. You can walk down any given street and come across many types of poles and fixtures - some of which are maintained by the city and some of which are not. And of course, P180 streets are their own special hell because the poles and fixtures are almost all "special" in that way.

If reporting the outages compounds the problem -it seems that the highway patrol, police department could report outages, when time allows, while on their routes. The dark, foggy mornings with no streetlights, interstate loop lights, is a safety concern. On my way to work I counted 25 lights out at interstate loops. Unreal.