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Are you melted yet?
The Springtime Heat Wave of 2008 is throwing us all for a loop, none more than the 89,490 Long Island Power Authority customers who lost power in last night’s string of severe thunderstorms. Here’s the...
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Shoreham revival
The Long Island Power Authority is holding its first Shoreham Advisory Committee meeting on Friday. The committee is charged with helping create a plan for the 50-acre property that includes the...
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Moving past Broadwater
For those of you wondering how Long Island is going to meet rising energy demand now that the Broadwater liquefied natural gas facility has been banished from consideration … join the club. Suffolk...
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What do we do with Shoreham?
The plan to build a nuclear power plant in Shoreham failed long ago, yet Long Island Power Authority ratepayers are still paying off the gigantic $6 billion debt the project racked up. But wouldn’t you...
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LIPA giving businesses a break too
The Long Island Power Authority has amended its net metering program to allow businesses to take advantage of the cost savings as well. The program will give full credit to businesses that install...
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LIPA receives federal funds for smart metering
The Long Island Power Authority has received $750,000 from the federal government for a Smart Metering Pilot Project. The program allows the power authority to use new metering technology that will...
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LIPA breaks it to us easy
It’s hard to be mad at a power company that’s such a gift to humanity. Perhaps that’s the logic the Long Island Power Authority was following yesterday when it announced it would raise electricity...
View ArticlePols want LIPA rate hike delayed
Ten members of the Long Island delegation in the New York State Assembly wrote a letter yesterday to Long Island Power Authority President and Chief Executive Kevin Law and the LIPA trustees urging...
View ArticleCounty, LIPA agree on rails-to-trails project
Suffolk County and the Long Island Power Authority have agreed to create a 12-mile hiking and biking trail on the North Shore. The trail, which will be built with $2 million in federal money previously...
View ArticleWinners, losers in Paterson shakeup
With his approval ratings at monumental lows, Gov. David Paterson yesterday shook up his staff, naming Larry Schwartz his new secretary. Schwartz replaces William Cunningham, who held the job for about...
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