Posted in energy, tagged LIPA, rates on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 rates by 3 percent.
In the statement announcing the rate hike - higher prices will further stretch Long Islanders already tied to the [...]
Posted in LI Biz, energy, politicians, tagged LIPA, smart metering, Steve Israel on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »
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 allow energy consumers to reduce or shift their energy usage, increase reliability and encourage energy efficiency by facilitating smarter end-user technologies.
The money will be used [...]
Posted in energy, green, state government, technology, tagged David Paterson, Kevin Law, LIPA, solar energy on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 solar generating equipment. It gives the businesses an opportunity to sell back any excess power they produce to LIPA. Residential customers already are [...]
Posted in Long Island government, energy, tagged Kevin Law, LIPA, Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on June 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 feel better if you knew something was going to be done with the site?
LIPA today announced that an advisory committee [...]
Posted in energy, tagged Islander East, LIPA, Richard Blumenfeld, Steve Levy on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 County Executive Steve Levy said today he will hold an “Energy Summit” on July 24 with government officials including Connecticut Attorney General Richard [...]
Posted in energy, tagged LIPA, Shoreham on June 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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 nuclear power plant in Shoreham. The plant cost $6 billion to construct, but never generated electric power, thanks to environmental concerns.
The committee includes Rep. [...]
Posted in energy, tagged heat wave, LIPA, National Grid on June 9, 2008 | No Comments »
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 update: LIPA has restored power to 81,000. Here’s hoping the other 9,000 people are somewhere where there’s air conditioning.
From LIPA’s statement:
Although [...]
Posted in energy, tagged green, LIPA, New Jersey, wind on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Long Island’s first try to build an offshore wind park failed. The cost was just too high for Long Island Power Authority chief executive Kevin Law. Babylon Town Supervisor Steve Bellone was also against it.
Now, Winergy Power wants to build an offshore wind park three times the size of the previously proposed one.
But while Long [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Kevin Law, LIMBA, LIPA on February 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Long Island Power Authority President and CEO Kevin Law told the Long Island MidSuffolk Business Action Friday morning about how unpopular he’s become since taking over the authority four months ago.
“I’m not a politician, I wasn’t elected,” Law said. “I’m going to try to do the best I can for the LIPA rate payers.”
He’s stopped [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged energy, Kevin Law, LIPA on December 4, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Kevin Law, chief executive of the Long Island Power Authority, met with the Long Island Regional Planning Board today to ask for a few new ideas to cram into LIPA’s energy master plan. But the energy leader told LI Biz Blog he’s interested in ideas from the entire business community as well.
That’s you.
This blog has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged energy, LIPA, nuclear on November 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Unit 2, a 1,140-megawatt nuclear reactor located at the Nine Mile Point plant in Oswego County, which is part-owned by the Long Island Power Authority, was only outputting at 85 percent Thursday morning. No reason is known for the lowered electricity output.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported on the power dip, according to a Reuters [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged energy, LIPA on November 12, 2007 | No Comments »
The New York State Public Service Commission slapped an $8.8 million fine on National Grid for its ghastly service quality upstate, no doubt making Long Islanders a little worried that the new energy company in town is a boob. But, remember, Long Island Power Authority is in charge when it comes to electric service on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged LIPA, alternative energy, energy, RFPs on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
With the wind park plan turned to dust, the Long Island Power Authority is asking for any renewable energy it can find.
LIPA is looking for proposals from firms that generate energy from renewable resources to help it satisfy its voluntary goal of meeting the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard Program, which calls for 25 percent of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged LIPA, Suffolk on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Suffolk County bigwigs are going to play a major part in the Long Island Power Authority. Kevin Law, former deputy county executive, is running the show as chief executive. James Larocca, former head of the Long Island Regional Planning Board, the Long Island Association and a professor at Stony Brook University, was tapped for the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Freshly Squeezed, LIPA, Richie Kessel on October 23, 2007 | 3 Comments »
According to the menu, the Mary Bill Diner was transported to Merrick from New Jersey in 1949, when Mary and Bill Zafos opened it. The diner looks like a rail car and the metal paneled ceilings are stained with the decades of smoking griddle grease. The tiles on the wall are cracked, you sink into [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Kevin Law, LIPA on October 21, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Delaware is considering an offshore wind farm, though critics are saying their region should look at Long Island before moving forward.
Why? Because Long Island mismanaged its plan off the coast of Babylon, the opponents argue.
Delawareonline, the Web site for The News Journal, reached out to bigwig Islanders such as Gordian Raacke and Steve Bellone [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged LIPA, Long Island Association on September 28, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m sitting with LIPA … so where’s James Larocca?
Where’s Kevin Law, oh he’s on sitting with Suffolk. Richie Kessel, he’s sitting up front with the LIA board.
And why is this chicken cold? (I wonder what Richie thinks about this chicken.)
Also, George Stephanopoulos is late.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aflac, alternative energy, analysts, education, Kevin Law, LIPA on August 23, 2007 | 8 Comments »
In the end, it wasn’t outcry that a row of windmills in the ocean would diminish the scenic grandeur of the South Shore, and it wasn’t the relatively small amount of energy the windmills would generate either that killed the proposed offshore wind park.
It was the cost, a $700 million price tag that Long Islanders [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CEDX, Dunkin Donuts, education, J.D. Power, LIPA, reports on July 27, 2007 | No Comments »
When it comes to customers’ satisfaction with Eastern power companies, the Long Island Power Authority finished dead last according to a new J.D. Power and Associates report.
The local utility scored 567 on a 1,000-point scale.
Also, National Grid, which will be managing Long Island’s power lines if the state’s Public Service Commission approves its takeover of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged charity, conferences, education, King Kullen, LIPA on July 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Our home-grown grocery chain is an energy star in the mind of the Long Island Power Authority
LIPA said today its work with King Kullen led the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership to designate the grocer a member of the Northeast Business Leaders for Energy Efficiency.
King Kullen, through its participation in LIPA’s Commercial Construction Program, installed energy-efficient [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alternative energy, analysts, consumer choice, education, LIPA, solar on June 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Long Island Power Authority today trumpeted its 1,000th solar roof installation on Long Island.
George and Angela Karman installed the solar cells on the roof of their Hicksville home, and the system will likely produce 10,384 kilowatt hours of power during the year, saving them $2,100 annually, LIPA said.
Solar panel roof systems usually cost between [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged education, Flash Report, gap, hurricanes, LIPA, safety on June 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Long Island Business News will only deliver one of its normally twice-daily Flash Reports tomorrow because we are participating in the Long Island Power Authority’s Island-wide Emergency Drill.
From noon until 3 p.m., in order to simulate one effect a devastating hurricane could inflict on Long Island, our office will turn off all of its lights, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged divorce, education, LIPA, safety on May 7, 2007 | No Comments »
Electricity is involved in almost every little thing we do, which is why it’s all the more dangerous. Therefore, the Long Island Power Authority is asking people to be extra electricity safe in May, National Electric Safety Month.
LIPA said it will hold several safety demonstrations and public events in the month to help spread the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged education, energy, IDA, KeySpan, LIPA, National Grid, Plum Island, rates, state parks, Wal-Mart on April 28, 2007 | No Comments »
If the New York State Public Service Commission approves National Grid’s takeover of Brooklyn-based gas utility KeySpan, then, like it or not, the British utility will have a say in how much you pay for gas and electricity.
But that might be a good thing, if Grid’s activity up north is any indication. National Grid said [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alcohol, Eliot Spitzer, farming, James Simons, LIPA, markets, seasonal, small business on April 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Yes, spring is finally here, the leaves will come and fresh produce will sprout from our soil. So you better get out and buy those greens.
The Long Island Growers’ Market released its 2007 schedule. On different days, in different towns, Long Island farmers will sell a selection of their crops, cheeses, breads, jams, pickles, pies, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged awards, Connecticut, education, LIPA, mortgage, technology on April 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s easy to bellyache over electric rates, but in the eyes of a few energy industry experts, the Long Island Power Authority is ahead of the curve when it comes to technology.
The Houston-based Peak Load Management Alliance presented a 2006 Demand Response Award to our local power authority in the Innovative Application of Technology [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Biz Blog Sightseeing, education, energy, LIPA on March 23, 2007 | No Comments »
In honor of the announced deal between the Long Island Power Authority and National Grid, Biz Blog Sightseeing brings you two of Long Island’s derelict power plants, Port Jefferson and Northport.
According to Friday’s announcement, National Grid and LIPA will launch a study of these two plants regarding what it would take to repower them both.
In [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hauppauge Industrial Association, LIPA, Richie Kessel on March 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Richie Kessel told Hauppauge Industrial Association members that National Grid better offer LIPA a sweet deal to keep the contract LIPA currently has with KeySpan. I reported on that part of his speech for LIBN.com. But before the exiting chief executive sounded off on the National Grid deal, he delivered a quick state-of-LIPA address.
Here’s a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Biz Blog Sightseeing, LIPA on February 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Lose power during the ice storm of 2007? Want to throw snowballs at the offices of the power authority?
The LI Biz Blog brings you 333 Earle Ovington Blvd. in Uniondale, the home of the Long Island Power Authority, just across the street from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
LIPA has done a good job restoring power, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged LIPA, podcast on February 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Long Island Power Authority wants the region’s kids to get wise to smart energy use, and it’s using the popular “American Idol” model to lure them in.
LIPA is promoting its “Energy Star Idol” singing competition, a contest that asks kids to sing “I am an Energy Star,” a catchy tune written for the cause. [...]
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