LIPA Initiates Program to Harden Island’s Electric System Against Severe
Storm Damage
West Amityville, N.Y. – October 17, 2006 – The Long Island Power
Authority (LIPA) today announced that it will undertake a new multi-faceted,
$500-million, 20-year program to reduce the amount of damage that can be
inflicted upon Long Island’s electric Transmission and Distribution (T&D) System
by severe storms such as hurricanes.
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“This is an unprecedented undertaking. Never
before has such an extensive study been conducted and such a
wide ranging series of comprehensive storm hardening
strategies advanced," said LIPA Chairman Richard M. Kessel.
