Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Relies on Brightline Lighting for Optimal Quality and Sustainability Upgrades Over Three Decades
Bridgeville, Penn. – August 10, 2025 – In a relationship that mirrors societal advances in sustainability, Brightline Lighting and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Headquarters have enjoyed three decades of energy efficient collaboration for broadcast lighting in its Commission Meeting Room (CMR). FERC holds meetings in accordance with the Sunshine Act, which requires public disclosure of its meetings. The public can attend FERC’s “open” meetings in person or view the proceedings through the Commission’s website.
The agency’s press conferences and monthly commission meetings are streamed live on YouTube from the CMR. Interested members of the public can attend “open” commission meetings at FERC’s 888 First Street NE Washington, DC location or watch online. The facility managers have consistently upgraded this communication hub with the industry’s most energy-efficient lighting and control systems.
There is a long history between FERC and Brightline Lighting. Starting back in 2008, Brightline Lighting has kept FERC’s internal AV infrastructure ecologically up to date. Their involvement included leading the lighting the lighting design and installation of three separate renovations, starting with the replacement of incandescent lights to full spectrum broadcast fluorescent lights, followed by two separate LED lighting upgrades. In the first LED upgrade, 40 Brightline Flex-T and Stealth-T LEDs were installed, replacing fluorescent T series fixtures. Corner, forward and downward throw LED Stealth-Ts were upgraded in phase two.
The Latest Modernization: LED Upgrade and Seamless Integration
The most recent LED upgrade was the most intensive. To stay in line with modernization efforts throughout FERC’s headquarters, updated lighting was required in the CMR within a tight deadline – 50 days. Twenty three LED Stealth-Ts and 17 Flex-T2s were reused and color balanced with 12 Zumtobel Pano downlights and 52 Zumtobel slot lights in an Armstong T-grid.
“Our partnership with FERC truly underscores the evolution of lighting, and it’s a history we’re incredibly proud of,” said Sam Cercone, Managing Partner, Brightline Lighting. “Their trust in our design and implementation skills enables us to continually deliver the best possible lighting design for them.”
The control room and the meeting room each run on their own DALI network for lighting control. Brightline replaced FERC’s existing Crestron system with the latest version of a software-based Crestron touchscreen controller.
Simplified Control
“There are plenty of reasons why we’ve continued to rely on the Brightline Lighting team,” said FERC Facilities staff. “When they first came to FERC when we first started broadcasting, and the images our viewers received weren’t very high quality. In 2005, we started using Brightline’s full spectrum broadcast lights. Next, we installed large LED in-ceiling fixtures. The project team modernized our headquarters and incorporated the new building standard fixtures into the CMR, retrofitting them with the DALI control connection for the new Crestron control panels.”
On the team for Brightline was Lighting Designer/CAD Specialist Leslie Moynihan who created all lighting design drawings for the FERC meeting and control room. Lighting Designer Dan McKenrick of Television Lighting Design and Direction, based in Fredericksburg, VA, served as project manager, overseeing installation of the fixtures and programmed the lighting’s DALI control system.
The full lighting scheme at FERC is as follows:
- Brightline Flex-T1 with DALI control(23)
- Brightline Stealth-T (LST Corner) with DALI control (14)
- Brightline Stealth-T (LST Forward) with DALI control (7)
- Brightline Stealth-T (LST Down) with DALI control (2)
- Brigthline Flex-T2 with DALI control (17)
- Brightline Drywall Frame Kits (12)
- Zumtobel Slotlight 2.5 (52)
- Zumtobel Panos 4.75 in Square Down (12)
- Zumtobel Pano 4.75 in Square Down wired into emergency circuit (1)
About FERC
FERC is independent agency of the United States government that regulates the interstate transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas liquefied natural gas LNG and regulates the prices of interstate transport of petroleum by pipeline.
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Robin Hoffman
Pipeline Communications
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robinhoffman@pipecomm.com
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