National Grid

The North Fork Spanish Apostolate partnered with National Grid and Northwell Health on Thursday to give food and flu shots to needy families ahead of the holiday season.

The town board last week approved the community benefits agreement with L.I. Solar, a joint venture of NextEra Energy Resources and National Grid.

The 6.9-percent delivery rate increase means a 'typical residential heating customer' on Long Island would see a $7.14 monthly increase in their bill, National Grid says in its filing with the NYS Public Service Commission.

The shared community loop system will use the heat stored 250 feet below the Earth's surface to heat 10 homes in the Riverhead senior community. In the summer, the system with withdraw heat from the homes and discharge it into the Earth, cooling the homes.