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Op Ed: need for accountability and oversight involving lipa restructuring
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY NEWS RELEASES For Immediate Release: June 10, 2013 Op Ed: Need for Accountability and Oversight Involving LIPA Restructuring Long Island Press Releases — Assemblyman Hennessey on LIPA Restructuring: Oversight, Rates, PILOTS: (Long Island, NY) Govern
Transcript LIPA OVersight Committee Presentation to SUffolk County Legislature 2/27/2013
(*Excerpt ‑ Economic Development and Energy 2/27/13*) CHAIRMAN HORSLEY: All righty. We will now move to talk to the Oversight Committee. If I could ask the Oversight Committee to come on up. Matt Cordero, Chairman. The members are Shelly Sackstein, … Continue reading
LIPA Last Again In Customer Satisfaction Ratings
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif: 13 February 2013 –Business customer satisfaction with electric utility communications increases, while overall satisfaction declines, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 Electric Utility Business Customer Satisfaction StudySM released today. Key Findings Utility blogs (772) and … Continue reading
SPENDING AND GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMISSION Report Released By Governor
The Sage Commission was formed to perform a comprehensive review of New York State government by offering recommendations of improving government efficiency. As part of the report a recommendation was put forward with regards to restructuring the Long Island Power … Continue reading
For LIPA, superstorm battering continues, some pushing bankruptcy as best solution
As Published on http://www.platts.com Public relations fallout from Superstorm Sandy continues to batter the Long Island Power Authority, as one group pushes for its bankruptcy and another blames the utility for a fire that destroyed 130 homes. The Association for … Continue reading
Super Storm Sandy LIPA Oversight Committee Testimony Given To Suffolk County Legislature
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY COMMITTEE OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY LEGISLATURE MINUTES A meeting of the Economic Development and Energy Committee of the Suffolk County Legislature was held in the Rose Y. Caracappa Legislative Auditorium of the William H. Rogers Legislature … Continue reading
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HOW TO FIX LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY
Crain’s Nov. 19 editorial, “Amateur hour at LIPA,” makes clear why fundamental change is needed at the utility, whose operational structure is unlike any in the country.Because LIPA has a staggering $11 billion in debt, some of it from the closure … Continue reading
Full Sevice Municipalization Is The Best and Most Realistic Option for LIPA Reform
Most of the other 2000 public utilities in the US function with some form of regulatory oversight and are organized as full service municipal utilities not depending on outside contractors. Testament to the benefits of this are the competitive rates … Continue reading
