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March 13, 2007 |
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Kessel Reports on LIPA Issues at HIA Luncheon
Melville, N.Y. – March 13, 2007 – For the seventh year in a row, Long
Island Power Authority (LIPA) CEO/President Richard M. Kessel, gave a status
report on electric energy issues important to Long Island and the region to the
members of the Hauppauge Industrial Association (HIA) at its monthly luncheon.
Mr. Kessel’s talk centered on LIPA’s many accomplishments over the last nine
years in increasing its electric supply, improving and expanding its
Transmission and Distribution System, and controlling costs for ratepayers, and
fostering energy efficiency.
At the same time, Mr. Kessel also commented on issues currently facing LIPA
such as: the proposed acquisition of KeySpan by National Grid; repowering Long
Island’s older power plants; and developing a comprehensive program to reduce
electric energy demand growth in the years ahead.
Mr. Kessel’s complete speech can be accessed by clicking on the following
link:
Stream or Download.
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LIPA, a non-profit municipal electric provider, owns the
retail electric Transmission and Distribution System on Long Island and provides
electric service to more than 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk
counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. LIPA is the 2nd largest municipal
electric utility in the nation in terms of electric revenues, 3rd largest in
terms of customers served and the 7th largest in terms of electricity delivered.
In 2006, LIPA outperformed all other overhead electric utilities in New York
State in all three major reliability categories. LIPA does not provide natural
gas service or own any on-island generating assets. More information about LIPA
can be found online at: http://www.lipower.org
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