Let there be light at a cheaper price in Penn Forest Township.

Supervisors unanimously voted Monday night to participate in PPL Electric E-Power direct discount program, which could result in $3,000 in energy savings over a one-and-a-half year period.Chairman Warren Reiner said the contractor would replace all the lights inside the township building and Penn Forest would only be responsible for part of the cost."We got an estimate of $9,133.27, of which PPL would pay $4,691.52," Reiner said. "From what we've been told, we would recover our portion of $4,441.75 in less than two years as a result of energy savings. These lights are three times cheaper than our current ones. It's going to save us a lot of money."According to PPL, the program is available to all nonresidential government, nonprofit and institutional customers.While all the lights, including exit signs, inside the building will be replaced, the exterior of the building is a different story.Several residents leaving Monday's meeting noted the lack of light in the parking lot."The contractor can't do that as part of this project because there could be underground wiring issues," Reiner said. "The minute you flip them on, it blows the breaker. We've been looking at getting someone local to look at that. We have our own backhoe and it's possible we may be able to change those poles."Supervisors did not indicate when the changes would take place, but Reiner said it would take only 10-15 minutes for each light to be replaced.Philip Shedaker, board vice chairman, said money is budgeted for upgrades to the building."I'm going to be OK with it," he said.Lights weren't the only improvements approved by supervisors on Monday. The board unanimously voted to accept a $3,633 quote from Smith Country Store, along Route 903, for lumber, concrete and other supplies for construction of an approximately 2-foot-high bumper fence at the new township recreation park.According to Reiner, township employees would construct the fence."This has to be done before the park opens," Shedaker said. "You can't tell the difference between the parking lot and the walking path until you're on top of it. It's a safety issue."Reiner said if the roughly 1,000-foot-long fence would have been built while the contractor was getting prevailing wage for construction of the park, it would have cost $35,000."We can do it for a lot less money," he said. "We called several lumber companies to get quotes."Murphy Lumber, of White Haven, actually submitted a lower estimate at $3,615.25 for the same products, but the board chose to go with the local company."For only a few more dollars, Smith is right here and they have done a lot for us in the past," Supervisor Scott Lignore said.According to its quote, Smith would not charge a delivery fee, meaning Penn Forest could split up the lumber shipments."We can get a couple hundred feet at a time because if we let it sit down there, it may disappear," Reiner said.