PSEG Long Island

LIPA is the only public utility in the nation with a third-party private company operating its grid. The state should return to its original vision LIPA, including management by a board of trustees elected by residents.

Understanding the turmoil at LIPA as it decides what to do about an operating company as PSEG's contract comes to an end this year. How did we get here and what comes next? Column by Karl Grossman

PSEG Long Island has announced upcoming storm hardening work in Aquebogue, Jamesport and Riverhead intended to improve the reliability of the energy grid in the area. Here's where the work will be done.

The former power plant was built in 1897 by a Riverhead company founded just six years after Thomas Edison built the country’s first electric generating plant in New York City. It was the second power company on Long Island. PSEG-LI plans to raze the building next month.

The Long Island Power Authority would transition to operating its own electric grid after its current contract with PSEG expires in 2026, if an action plan created by the New York State Legislature’s LIPA commission is adopted by the state.

The Cooperage Inn generates its own power when PSEG-LI needs to reduce energy load in times of stress on the electric grid. "I'm like a mini power plant," restaurant owner Jonathan Perkins said.

PSEG Long Island reported outages affecting 25,000 customers in its service area as of 9 p.m. Sunday and said it expected to have power restored to nearly all remaining customers by tonight.

PSEG didn't meet its estimate of 85% restoration by Friday evening and now says 'nearly all' but a handful of customers will be restored by the end of the day Sunday.

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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