Saturday, February 18, 2012
Renewing vows, honors for engineer.
Some the news from around Long Island this week. Tales of Wartime Love at the Airpower Museum In addition to vintage planes, there was love in the air at Farmingdale's American Airpower Museum this Valentine's Day. Ten couples, made up of vets from World War II, Vietnam, Korea and Iraq, renewed their vows at the museum as part of Supervisor Kate Murray's "GI Love Stories" event. Rockville Centre's Mormile Florist provided flowers for the ceremony and Bellmore's A Taste of Home donated a custom cake for each couple. LIPA to Plant New Trees in Malverne After 'Aggresssive' Trimming The leaves aren't the only thing missing off of trees around Malverne and West Hempstead right now. Many have lost their limbs, some at the hands of Long Island …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
One month after it was hammered by customers over its hurricane response, the power authority said it's increasing how much customers will pay for power.
The Long Island Power Authority said higher fuel costs are forcing it to install a 2 percent rate hike starting in October. The charge isn't much. The average customer will pay about $3 more per month. But the announcement came only one month after Hurricane Irene knocked many Long Island residents off-line for a week. Power-starved customers were infuriated by their inability to reach LIPA, which tried to communicate with customers through Twitter. The response on the social media site wasn't always friendly. In fact, it was far from it. LIPA said the latest increase does not take into account the $176 million it cost to restore service in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Some good news: The federal government is expected to reimburse LIPA …
Friday, September 23, 2011
State Sen. Carl Marcellino leads public hearing questioning LIPA and National Grid reps in Mineola.
State Sen. Carl Marcellino, R-Syosset, chaired a special hearing Thursday on the Long Island Power Authority's response to Hurricane Irene, which left some residents without power for up to a week after the storm hit. The Senate Investigations and Government Operations Committee's hearing in the Theodore Roosevelt Legislative and Executive building in Mineola called on several Nassau officials as well as LIPA and National Grid executives. The committee took both LIPA and National Grid to task for what it preceved as a poor response to one of the biggest storms to hit Long Island in years.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Experts will visit the peninsula on Tuesday.
Damage survey teams from the Long Island Power Authority will be in Port Washington on Tuesday, according to NorthShoreAlert, a mass communication system for the peninsula. NorthShoreAlert reports that rain or shine, LIPA teams will be in yards across the community to "conduct a comprehensive inspection" of their wiring and to "identify conditions that occurred during the storm that did not cause an outage however, if left unattended may cause an outage or a safety hazard to the community." The teams will continue this work Wednesday, if necessary.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
More than 3,000 lose power with new rain.
The Long Island Power Authority wrapped up its major hurricane restoration job over the weekend and began a fresh new work week dealing with more power outages. The last of the 523,000 customers who lost power because of hurricane Irene had their juice turned back on sometime Monday, according to LIPA spokesman Mark Gross. But heavy rains moved into the area causing new outages. "Whenever a storm like this comes through with gusty winds and rain, you have outages," Gross said. He added that the already saturated ground is causing more trees to topple onto wires. As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, LIPA was showing about 370 outages affecting more than 3,000 customers. The utility spokesman said the outages were scattered throughout Long Island, and …
Friday, September 2, 2011
Company says it will work through weekend to restore power on Long Island.
The Long Island Power Authority believes it will hit its goal for power restoration Friday. "We continue to expect that 90 percent of all outages will be restored by the end of the day, with the majority or 99 percent to be restored sometime Sunday," LIPA chief Michael Hervey said at a morning news conference. The utility said that as of Friday morning, it had restored over 445,000 outages. But that still left 78,000 Long Island customers without electricity. LIPA is also worried that Mother Nature may add to its problems over the weekend. "We are somewhat concerned about the weather forecast Sunday, which calls for thunderstorms," Hervey said. "We will work through those storms as safely as we can, but those storms may well add additional…
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Focus has turned to addressing road and public safety issues as well as getting schools powered for the new year.
The Long Island Power Authority and National Grid have an army of more than 6,000 working in the field and behind the scenes to restore power, the companies announced at a joint briefing Thursday in Hicksville. John Bruckner, National Grid's president of Long Island transmission and Distribution, gave an update on the manpower being used to restore Long Island five days after Irene struck. "LIPA and National Grid are currently employing 1,463 high-voltage linemen, over 900 tree trimmers, and 274 low-voltage workers in their efforts to completely restore power," Bruckner said. "Additional workers will be sent to Long Island from National Grid tomorrow, including an extra 500 high-voltage linemen." "This isn't just to get the lights back on…
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A 100-member tree-trimming crew from the Town's Highway Department will work with LIPA.
Some promising news for the Nearly 23,000 North Hempstead residents still without power after Irene's wrath. Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman said late Tuesday afternoon that beginning immediately he has authorized a 100-person Highway Department tree-trimming crew to work side-by-side with Long Island Power Authority personnel to speed up power restoration to residents in the Town and its villages. LIPA will alert crews of fallen trees and branches that have brought down power lines in North Hempstead. After LIPA has de-energized the cables, town workers will then clear the branches. "While there still remain areas where downed trees and branches have to be removed, it is more important to get the power back on," Supervisor Kaiman said, in a…
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Some stores in Port Washington stayed open during Sunday's storm.
Port Washington businesses that opened their doors to the public on Sunday, despite Irene, saw a steady stream of customers. Sandy Blane, owner of Get Baked, kept his shop open in midst of the storm. “It was very good because in Port Washington, people actually finally shopped in town because they had no electricity and they were afraid to leave town," Blane said. "So we had more Port Washington shoppers than we normally would.” Get Baked had a generator. That meant Blane knew he could keep refrigerators cool and the coffee brewing. “Dunkin Donuts wasn’t open, so it was great for me,” Blane said of the extra business. “And then power came back at 5:00 p.m.” Blane also runs the AT&T store in town and was out at 5 a.m. to make sure the shop …
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Power company also increases number of severely damaged areas.
Long Island Power Authority officials reported Tuesday that they've completed power restoration to about half the customers who lost power as a result of hurricane. "We have approximately 270,000 customer outages remaining as of this morning ," LIPA chief Michael Hervey said at a morning press briefing. "This reflects over the last 24 hours we've restored about 124,000 customers." About 523,000 customers initially lost power because of the storm and the company upped the number of problem areas they've found. After completing about half of their initial damage assessment on Monday, LIPA said they had found about 750 areas where there had been significant damage in the storm. They're now saying they've found 3,000 areas wtih significant …
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Mark Wilson
8:37 am on Saturday, October 8, 2011
Tax Payers are at the mercy of a public authority, that was set up to be looted by politicians and political appointees. ANOTHER personal ATM Machine of Tax Payer Dollars ! When it comes to MONEY, THIS is where "bipartisanship" is genuine between Pols ! more ›