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electrons are accelerated due to force experienced by electric field ... but are also opposed due to collisions and also due to interaction with other neearby electrons ... while colliding they distribute some of their kinetic energy ... probably exciting an electron to some another energy level .... and hence light emitted is due to increase in energy of electrons of atoms of that conductor .... that is why you only observe excess energy on the form of light .. when collisions become significant enough like filamint in bulb.
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yashwanth