More than a dozen LIPA ratepayers debated the wisdom of renewing a contract to use Long Island's legacy power plants at a sometimes-spirited trustees meeting Tuesday that saw a protester's sit-in and, in the end, approval of the 15-year pact.
Port Jefferson's FERC complaint has been picked up by national and international news outlets. The latest to cite the Village's complaint is Smarter Energy Universe
The Village of Port Jefferson, New York told FERC yesterday that National Grid Generation's answer to its complaint (RT, Aug-22) was full of "misapprehension and omissions of fact." The village alleged National Grid Generation (Genco) was manipulating the market in the Long Island Power Authority's (LIPA) territory by refusing to build new generation, thus keeping prices for its existing supply high.
Read entire article here. State Assemblyman Steve Englebright called the relationship between LIPA and National Grid “unbalanced” and said that the “unfavorable terms of the PSA are left over from a different era, an era of broken markets that supposedly ended with the advent of the current electricity markets.” “The [...]
Reprint below - to see the original letter on click here On July 30, 2012, the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson filed a Complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) against National Grid Generation LLC (National Grid), alleging that National Grid has manipulated the capacity and energy markets on [...]
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has ordered theLong Island Power Authority to review its organizational structure to find "synergies" with other state agencies and its contractors, a top LIPA official said Wednesday.
LIPA trustees are set to meet at the authority's newly consolidated headquarters in Uniondale Wednesday, a week after officials of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's administration said the "bloated" agency needs reform.
The official Notice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Complaint submitted by The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson
View all the latest LIPA news here I admit, when I first became Mayor in 2009 I thought the LIPA/GRID issue was all about Port Jefferson Village. What would happen to us if our plant were to close? Our school might close, taxes double, more stores empty and another waterfront [...]
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo views the Long Island Power Authority as a "bloated" agency that needs to be "drastically" reformed, according to two officials close to the governor.
