Last Week’s Record Demand Requires Hard Look at Long Island’s Long-Term
Electricity Needs: Kessel
Levittown, NY – August 8, 2006 – Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)
Chairman Richard M. Kessel today announced that as a result of last week’s
record use of electricity during a multi-day heat wave he has directed LIPA’s
Power Markets Division to review a three-pronged strategy that includes: the
possible repowering of at least one major on-island power plant; adding an
additional 500 megawatts (MW) of resources either through a new cable and/or a
new base-load generation plant; and saving up to 500 MWs of demand through the
creation of a massive energy efficiency program.
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Left to right;
Donald Daley, IBEW Local 1381;
LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel;
Everett Lewis, IBEW 1049
Mr. Kessel said “We
successfully added the resources needed to meet last week’s
demand records, and we have additional resources due on line
in the near term. Now we must turn to the planning process
for longer-term projects to make sure we can meet Long
Island’s demand for electricity beyond 2011.”
