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Utilities now required to give mailed notice of new above-ground transmission lines
Legislation mandating formal community notice procedures on LIPA and PSEG-LI for utility transmission projects has been signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
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Why ‘one of the largest tax increases in recent history’ is buried in your electric bill
The $7.6 billion bailout of four aging nuclear power plants upstate, a sweetheart deal for nuclear energy giant Exelon, is being funded by ratepayer subsidies across New York.
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Court throws out town’s lawsuit seeking removal of steel poles along CR 51
A State Supreme Court judge this week dismissed a lawsuit brought by Brookhaven Town seeking the removal of 211 steel utility poles installed last year along County Route 51 from Riverside to Eastport.
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LaValle-Thiele: LIPA must consider fiscal impacts on ratepayers and area economy
Legislation sponsored by Sen. Ken LaValle and Assemblyman Fred Thiele would require the fiscal impacts on ratepayers and the regional economy to be taken into account when PSEG-LI seeks a rate increase.
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New law requires disclosure of PSEG-LI payroll in rate proceedings
The next time LIPA petitions the State Public Service Commission for a rate increase, the contractor that manages its supply system will have to disclose its payroll, including executive pay, as well as fees paid to contractors and consultants.
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Suffolk Closeup Here we go again: Cuomo’s clean energy plan, despite goals for renewables, wrongheadedly boosts nuclear power
Even as the New York State's proposed energy plan calls for a 50 percent reliance on renewable energy by 2030, the governor has embraced nuclear power, advocating the continued operation of two nuclear plants upstate.
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Long Island still waiting for utility reform
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2013 "reform" package missed the mark by a wide margin, hitching Long Island's energy future to a utility company that's as bad as LIPA, if not worse. Opinion column by Karl Grossman
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Bill requiring election of LIPA trustees introduced by LaValle and Thiele
A bill that would require the election of LIPA trustees was introduced in the State Legislature yesterday by Sen. Ken LaValle and Assemblyman Fred Thiele.
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Electric bills set to increase in January after LIPA approves three-year rate hike
Electric bills will likely start increasing next January, due to a $325 million, three-year rate hike that was approved yesterday by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA).
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Ratepayers oppose PSEG-LIPA rate hike proposal at hearing in Riverhead
Ratepayers blasted PSEG-LI and LIPA's proposed three-year rate plan during a public hearing at Riverhead Free Library last night. The plan would raise electric delivery rates by 2 percent per year for the next three years.
