The Future of the Long Island Power Authority

karen
September 14, 2023
I have leased solar panels on my roof for tte last 7 years. It really helped to offset the cost of our electric bill. We were saving about 1200 a year. Now, not so much. This year so far has been the worst increases in cost we’ve ever had. I live in the village of Port Jeff so I’m also dealing with my tax increases on my glide path. Which every year since being on the glide path, our taxes increase 1100$ a year so far. I’m 55 and semi retired. My husband retires in 6 years. We are evaluating if we’re going to stay. Trying to decide where and how our monthly expenses including utility costs will affect us.

Elaine
September 14, 2023
I understand the enduring allure of the public-private model. The theory supposes we can get the best of both worlds, but in practice, we get the worst. Customers have no choice in the matter, there is no free market, no competition for our business, so, we are entirely beholden to a public service with the poor customer service that is often attendant to that – ALONG WITH - a profit motive, a capitalist inflated pricing structure. As others have pointed out, this has created an overpriced, unreliable, and often dangerous situation. It makes no sense. Let's put ratepayers first, let's eliminate the grift and bloated management structure, and let's transition the Long Island Power Authority into a real public good.

Matthew
September 12, 2023
To the LIPA Commission, I am writing to express that as a Westbury and Nassau County resident, I am very much in favor of the municipalization of LIPA. As a college student at Hofstra University, I see firsthand the high utility costs on Long Island and how it's driving young people off the Island. It is beyond time to end this parasitic relationship with PSEG and lower costs by eliminating the middleman. At the same time, I am vehemently opposed to any attempt to have an appointed board. A fully public LIPA with an appointed board would be a waste of time. The politicians who appoint these commissioners will inevitably end up appointing friends, family, and donors to the board. These cronies may not be competent and will be completely immune from accountability. There is talk about including "experts" and "stakeholders" to the Board. This discourse is offensive and insulting. First, because it assumes citizens are incapable of identifying experts and need enlightened politicians to do the task for them, and secondly, because it implies those of us without extensive management, architectural, or other experience (i.e. the vast majority of us) are excluded from the process of governing our own lives. And the talk of "stakeholders". Who are these special people, these "stakeholders"? "Stakeholders" is just a euphemism for big business and big donors who demand a voice because they have money. You know who the real "stakeholders" are? It's us, the people of Long Island, who actually pay all the utilities and hold a stake in making sure that rates are low and coverage is reliable. The technocratic elitism behind having politicians appoint "experts and stakeholders" disgusts me. The Commission ought to be a fully democratic process, with all members of the commission elected to serve terms from among Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaways. These citizens should be able to recall members by petition if need be. Once again: I want to see LIPA municipalized. Get rid of PSEG Long Island. But if the new governance is going to have even one appointed board member, don't bother. It will just become a hotbed of nepotism, corruption, and cronyism shielded from the public. A fully public, democratic LIPA is the only way to go. Otherwise you'll just be replacing one boss with another, with only a change in suit and tie. Sincerely, Matthew Adarichev

Diane
September 12, 2023
As a resident of Suffolk County and PSEG ratepayer, I am in support of the restructuring of LIPA as a public utility. This means restructuring the Board of Trustees to have more expertise and to better represent ratepayers and their communities. It would also mean more transparency and accountability. A community Board must be established to replace the existing Advisory Board, which has little power and rarely meets. The Community Board should be made up of representatives of diverse backgrounds. Including environmental, consumer, labor, business, energy, education, economic development, Indigenous Nations, and disadvantaged communities in the LIPA service territory. This was defined in the NYS Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Instead of providing bonuses to unaccountable management and dividends to stockholders, LIPA should provide a more equitable rate structure, especially for low income households, seniors on fixed incomes and small businesses. It should reinvest revenues to enhance resiliency, and toward development of renewable energy systems. These reforms are needed in order to build a truly affordable, accountable, equitable and renewable energy system.

Ross
September 11, 2023
I'm writing in support of a truly public LIPA serving all of Long Island, to eliminate the ratepayer costs that go to PSEG's investors and overpriced management. In addition to ratepayer savings, I hope to see the biggest benefit through a more rapid transition to clean energy. As a climate science teacher in Manhattan, I hope we will follow your lead. Thank you for your thoughtful work on this project!

Cathy
September 11, 2023
My name is Cathy McConnell, a resident of West Islip, a natural history filmmaker and writer, and a Long Island Power Authority ratepayer. I am very supportive of the work of this Commission. The draft report confirmed my inclinations, and underlined the common sense opinion that we here on Long Island will be better off without PSEG. A fully public LIPA will lower rates and provide more transparency and accountability, with opportunities for local feedback. It is my hope that the Commission will introduce legislation to bring this to pass in the 2024 legislative session. It is also my hope that the Commission will restructure LIPA so that it is led by those most impacted by our energy system: ratepayers, union workers, municipalities, community organizations, low-income households, and environmental justice communities. We must ensure that those who use, pay for, and work for the system have a say in how it runs. But in order to do that, many changes must happen. We need to transform the Board of Trustees to make it more accountable and diverse. This means restructuring the Board to have more expertise and to better represent ratepayers and their communities. We need to establish an accountable and representative multi-stakeholder Board of Trustees where local voices help determine the composition by appointment. Appointees need to be from the LIPA service territory. The Board must reflect the stakeholders in terms of both constituencies and expertise. It should be composed of traditional members skilled in management, policy, law, science, engineering, technology, and cybersecurity. It should also consist of workers, customers, and community-based organizations, as well as experts in justice, resilience, and engagement. LIPA’s mission should be expanded to include climate justice, energy democracy, equity, and greater participation by its customers. This will shift the purpose of the utility to better reflect the needs of its users. Publicly owned utilities use a range of mechanisms for public engagement. Some such as the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have citizen review boards that allow ratepayers to be actively involved in giving feedback on specific policy proposals and/or rate increases. SMUD also has a business advisory board with a focus on racial justice. Seattle’s public utility has a public advisory council that advises on rates and strategic plans. Austin Energy sponsors a regional science festival to invite diverse youth to learn about the energy sector. And one of the most impressive recent examples of engagement occurred in Los Angeles where the Department of Water and Power, as a part of developing its plan to transition to renewables by 2035, did a two-year-long engagement process that had an advisory group dedicated to environmental justice. With this in mind, a new Community Board must be established to replace the existing Advisory Board so that communities are centered in decision-making for the energy system. LIPA has struggled to engage the public, fostering disengagement and distrust while perpetuating inequities and vulnerabilities. The Community Board should be made up of representatives from diverse sectors and backgrounds with proper geographic representation, all from the LIPA service territory, including social justice, environmental, Indigenous Nations, business, labor, local government, economic development, energy, low and fixed income, consumer, civic, and education. These representatives should include those in Disadvantaged Communities in the LIPA service territory as defined by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. It should also have appropriate regional representation to account for the particular geographic scope of LIPA’s service territory. All this must be codified in statute. The Community Board must play a leading role in engaging communities across the LIPA service territory in determining rate structure, accessing energy programs, implementing renewable energy projects, providing support during outrages and other emergencies, and developing initiatives to help the utility realize its mission. It must be resourced with research support, technical assistance, and a budget to carry out its work. In order for the Community Board to be properly resourced, it must be supported by an independent Energy Observatory which would be funded by half of the current DPS-LI budget. Every self-directed public utility needs an independent partner institution to help monitor and advise the utility, engage ratepayers, conduct independent research, and support communities in their own efforts for resilience and energy justice. The Energy Observatory would be independent from both the utility and the government, and could coordinate the needs of the utility with the needs of the community. Partnered with universities and community-based organizations, it would be a place to meaningfully involve communities within the LIPA service territory and has the potential to empower ratepayers, enhance social justice, and improve the quality of decision-making. A restructured LIPA must spend more of its revenues for the benefit of our communities, rather than spending money on expensive management fees, providing bonuses to unaccountable management and dividends to distant stockholders. LIPA could lower utility rates, especially for low-income households, seniors on fixed incomes, and small businesses; reinvest revenues to enhance resiliency; improve identification of and service to customers with special needs such as those requiring electricity for medical equipment and municipal sewage treatment plants and other services that would otherwise create environmental disasters; support community solar, thermal energy networks, and more wide ranging conservation programs; and seek out public-public partnerships that improve service delivery and community resilience. LIPA also has the right and ability to fund, build, own, and operate its own renewable energy systems via bond issuances, which should be explored as a part of the democratic buildout of public renewables. A more equitable rate structure is needed to uphold NYS's goal of tackling the energy burden on LMI customers by ensuring they don’t spend more than 6% of their monthly income on their energy bills. We should also explore the recent decision by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to end power shut offs for low-income customers who can’t pay. However, some things should stay the same. Unless otherwise requested by the workers, there should be no change to the jobs, salaries, or benefits for the 2,500 ServCo employees. LIPA made, and kept, the same promise when it transitioned from National Grid to PSEG Long Island management in 2014. This dedicated workforce is integral to LIPA’s success under any management structure. IBEW Local 1049 has made it clear they do not want to be a public sector union. We must support IBEW’s position in the transition and stand with the workers who have kept this system running. I urge this commission to stay strong on this path to deliver us the utility that we need and deserve. I think it will do this if it incorporates the above suggestions to truly reimagine LIPA. These are the reforms needed to build a truly accountable, democratic, renewable and affordable energy system.

Martin
September 11, 2023
In order to deal with the growing danger of climate change,I believe it is necessary to undertake a massive investment in conservation to minimize the use of fossil fuels.I believe this can best be undertaken by a citizen controlled public power authority.Private firms seeking to maximize shareholder profits do not have the incentive to cut back on unnecessary demand.Intelligently designed conservation can also lower cost to ratepayers and enhance the safety of the electrical system. Martin Melkonian Adjunct Associate Professor,Economics Hofstra University

Fred
September 10, 2023
Submitted by Fred Harrison, Independent Ratepayer Advocate, Merrick, NY The LIPA Ratepayer Warranty The Legislative Commission on the Future of LIPA hearings have highlighted the need for new avenues of access, involvement, and accountability in the shaping of LIPA policies and practices. Providing for basic LIPA ratepayer rights could create confidence and trust in LIPA as an institution, addressing ratepayer alienation expressed in both Commission testimony and JD Power polling. Without clear rights and mechanisms of accountability, LIPA ratepayers will continue to find themselves without adequate redress, at odds with a public institution that should be on their side. The guarantee of rights in writing is as old as the United States and helps ensure that those who are empowered to make decisions on behalf of the public do so with respect for public sentiment. Legislators in New York have well understood this essential principle. Not only are rights enshrined in the State Constitution, including the new “Green” amendment, but the New York State Tax Department has a Bill of Rights for taxpayers. The State Board of Elections has a Voter’s Bill of Rights. The State Education Department has a Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security . The NYS Department of Labor is designed to promote and enforce Worker’s Rights. LIPA ratepayers require similar protections. The LIPA Ratepayer Warranty offered here is mostly adapted from: A. Iowa Energy Ratepayer Bill of Rights https://iowarbor.org B. New Orleans City Council https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH158UT_ARTVIIICUPR_DIV2BIRI&showChanges=true C. National Consumer Law Center https://www.nclc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IB_Utility_Service_Principles-1.pdf D. Mississippi Ratepayers’ Bill of Rights https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/mississippi/title-39/part-2 LIPA RATEPAYER WARRANTY 1. Ratepayers have the right to affordable and reliable electric service. (A) 2. Ratepayers have the right to a resilient energy system that has the fewest negative impacts on the environment and consumers, with a focus on fossil free renewable power (A) 3. Ratepayers have a right to clear and transparent rate and billing information. (A)(D) 4. Ratepayers have a right to clear, appropriate, and accessible avenues for redress and conflict resolution. (A)(D) 5. Ratepayers have a right to continued service during all disputes. (A)(D) 6. Ratepayers have the right to be protected from electric service disconnection based on the inability to pay. (C)(D) 7. Ratepayers have the right to utility affordability programs sufficient to meet the needs of economically distressed households. (C) 8. Ratepayers have the right to an annual evening public meeting with LIPA management and Board in attendance, in each of the counties and the Rockaways. . 9. Ratepayers have the right to the protections afforded to customers served by private utilities regulated by the PSC. * 10. Ratepayers have the right through petition to initiate a vote of “No Confidence” in the LIPA Board of Trustees.* * 11. Ratepayers have a right to privacy and consumer data protection. (A) 12. Ratepayers have the right to a special medical designation which prioritizes service and repair. (B) * These rights include, but are not limited to, ratepayer intervenor status and participation in LIPA’s budget and rate-making approval process. Ratepayer intervenors may submit expert testimony and question LIPA personnel on relevant budget and rate matters. Ratepayer intervenors who submit the required number of qualified petition signatures and demonstrate the need for funds to pay for expert assistance, will be eligible for reimbursement from a fund established by LIPA. 1,062 signatures of ratepayers are required for “ratepayer intervenor” status. (1062 signatures are required to run for Congress) ** 10,000 signatures of ratepayers are required to initiate a Vote of No Confidence process. Informational material on the Vote of No Confidence, authored by the respective parties, will be distributed to all ratepayers through the billing system. Balloting will be done through the billing system. A majority “No Confidence” vote would require the Board to reverse policy or submit resignations. If the Board refuses to act in accordance with the “No Confidence” vote, appropriate legislative hearings and action would commence.

Fred
September 10, 2023
Submitted by Fred Harrison Independent Ratepayer Advocate Merrick, NY A Proposal for LIPA Oversight and Accountability LIPA is a $4 billion per year public power utility, yet it was created with little room for ratepayer or citizen oversight and participation. Unlike a private corporation, it does not have shareholder meetings with the opportunity to shift leadership and policy. And unlike private investor-owned utilities (IOUs) in NYS, LIPA is not regulated by the Public Service Commission. The situation of LIPA ratepayers is unique in New York: Long Island ratepayers are denied rights that other IOU ratepayers in New York enjoy. As the Legislative Commission’s Draft Report notes, other public power systems have elected boards or boards appointed by local elected officials. Thus, electric rates and energy policy choices are subject to veto at the ballot box. LIPA ratepayers have no such recourse. We have no means of board accountability. There are almost 40 years of reasons, along with high rates, storm outages and PSEG’s “misfeasance” for Long Island ratepayers to experience a real distrust of LIPA. Thank goodness for the wonderful workforce. NYS Comptroller DiNapoli in his response to the Draft Report addresses this crucial shortcoming. He calls for LIPA to “operate under a greater level of transparency, with clearer lines of accountability, and with enhanced local engagement and responsiveness... with the LIPA board held directly accountable for successes or failures.” Mr. DiNapoli’s concern goes right to the heart of what is the great strength of any worthy public institution. To be accountable means to be answerable. Accountability is implicit and explicit in the structures of our government. We all learn early on that checks on power are fundamental to good governance and a bulwark of democratic accountability. Fortunately, we have models of good governance practices. We know how to do this. Another state public institution that plays a similar role to LIPA in the lives of Long Islanders is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The Long Island Railroad (LIRR) services about 250,000 customers per day and collects around $500 million /year from commuters. The state legislature wisely created a Long Island Railroad Commuters Council explicitly designed to make sure that the LIRR would be accountable to its users. By contrast, LIPA collects 8 times more revenue from Long Islanders than the LIRR and provides electricity to almost 2.8 million people, yet there is no similar institutional oversight. LIPA does have a Community Advisory Board (CAB) established in 2017, which has 19 members, all appointed by LIPA’s CEO. LIPA’s CAB has no legislative mandate nor independent functionality. It is not set up to provide oversight. Ratepayers need safeguards and oversight they do not possess now. The NYS legislature can draw upon the precedents established by the advisory councils for LIRR and MTA commuters. These councils were designed to hold the MTA Board accountable. These councils “advocate” on behalf of commuters and function as “watchdogs.” They “investigate, monitor, and make recommendations regarding service delivery, customer safety, communications, finance, and capital projects. They undertake major research projects, preparing and presenting testimony.“ This is the kind of institution LIPA ratepayers need. This is the kind of institution the Legislature needs to establish. A Long Island Power Authority Ratepayers’ Advisory Council There is hereby created a Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Ratepayers’ Council. Such council shall study, investigate, monitor, and make recommendations with respect to the operation of LIPA. Such council shall study and investigate all aspects of the day-to-day operation of LIPA, monitor its performance relevant to achieving CLCPA and CAC climate goals, and recommend changes to improve reliability, resiliency, and affordability. Such council shall consist of 31 members who shall be ratepayers. Each member of Long Island’s state legislative delegation will appoint one ratepayer to the Council. Members of the Council shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The term of office shall be 2 years. The council shall select one of its members to serve ex-officio on the LIPA Board. LIPA shall provide adequate resources and other assistance for the council which shall include appropriate funding for staff. The council may request and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission, agency, public authority of the state and any political subdivision thereof such assistance and data as will enable it properly to carry out its activities. The Council shall - Serve as a voice for LIPA ratepayers; - Provide a platform to review LIPA plans and policies; - Hold regular public meetings and provide public commentary in a variety of forums; - Evaluate and take positions on operating plans, budget proposals, capital investment and Board priorities; - Undertake and publicize at least one major research project annually; - Prepare and present testimonies relevant to the LIPA Board and committee meeting agendas, and to other stakeholder organizations, including elected officials.

Michelle
September 10, 2023
Good afternoon I am writing with regard to LIPAs power purchase agreement and strike price increases noted in the Empire PPA. -How much of an increase will ratepayers see on their bill? -Will NY see potential rolling brownouts like Texas and California? I’ve see Equinors recent petition to the PSC requesting additional OREC and the unstable infrastructure of the grid. - what backup power will residents be receiving when the intermittent tu nines are not producing energy? Thank you, I look forward to your response

Ryan
September 5, 2023
My name is Ryan McNulty, a resident of Bellmore, and a Long Island Power Authority ratepayer. I am here to say that I support the work of this Commission. The findings of the draft report only reconfirm what many have pointed out for years: Long Island and Rockaway ratepayers will be better off without PSEG. A fully public LIPA will lower rates and provide more transparency and accountability, with more opportunities for local input. Now we must finalize the details to get there. The Commission must introduce legislation in time to pass in the 2024 legislative session. This Commission is the opportunity to reimagine, reinvent, and restructure LIPA so that it is led by those most impacted by decisions concerning our energy system: ratepayers, union workers, municipalities, community organizations, low-income households, and environmental justice communities. We must ensure that those who use, pay for, and work for the system have a say in how it runs. In order to do that, many things must happen. We need to transform the Board of Trustees to make it more accountable and diverse. This means restructuring the Board to have more expertise and to better represent ratepayers and their communities. We need to establish an accountable and representative multi-stakeholder Board of Trustees where local voices help determine the composition by appointment. Appointees need to be from the LIPA service territory. Right now all appointments to the LIPA Board are made by the governor and elected state officials with no meaningful input from local communities. The Board must be multi-stakeholder in terms of both constituencies and expertise. It should be composed of traditional members skilled in management, policy, law, science, engineering, technology, and cybersecurity. It should also consist of workers, customers, and community-based organizations, as well as experts in justice, resilience, and engagement. LIPA’s mission should be expanded to include climate justice, energy democracy, equity, and greater participation by its customers. This is necessary to change the underlying purpose of the utility, which does not currently prioritize these issues. Across the US, publicly owned utilities employ a range of mechanisms for public engagement, which we can learn from. Some such as the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have citizen review boards that allow ratepayers to be actively involved in giving feedback on specific policy proposals and/or rate increases. SMUD also has a business advisory board with a focus on racial justice. Seattle’s public utility has a public advisory council that advises on rates and strategic plans. Austin Energy sponsors a regional science festival to invite diverse youth to learn about the energy sector. And one of the most impressive recent examples of engagement occurred in Los Angeles where the Department of Water and Power, as a part of developing its plan to transition to renewables by 2035, did a two-year-long engagement process that had an advisory group dedicated to environmental justice. With this in mind, a new Community Board must be established to replace the existing Advisory Board so that communities are centered in decision-making for the energy system and that sustained public participation is a function of the utility. LIPA has struggled to engage the public across the many different Towns, Villages, and Cities of Long Island and in the Rockaways. This has fostered disengagement and distrust while perpetuating inequities and vulnerabilities. The Community Board should be made up of representatives from diverse sectors and backgrounds with proper geographic representation, all from the LIPA service territory, including social justice, environmental, Indigenous Nations, business, labor, local government, economic development, energy, low and fixed income, consumer, civic, and education. These representatives should include those in Disadvantaged Communities in the LIPA service territory as defined by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. It should also have appropriate regional representation to account for the particular geographic scope of LIPA’s service territory. All this must be codified in statute. The Community Board must play a leading role in engaging communities across the LIPA service territory in determining rate structure, accessing energy programs, implementing renewable energy projects, providing support during outrages and other emergencies, and developing initiatives to help the utility realize its mission. It must be resourced with research support, technical assistance, and a budget to carry out its work. In order for the Community Board to be properly resourced, it must be supported by an independent Energy Observatory which would be funded by half of the current DPS-LI budget. Every self-directed public utility needs an independent partner institution to help monitor and advise the utility, engage ratepayers, conduct independent research, and support communities in their own efforts for resilience and energy justice. This is a body, independent from both the utility and the government, that would coordinate the needs of the utility with the needs of the community. Partnered with universities and community-based organizations, it would be a place to meaningfully involve communities within the LIPA service territory and has the potential to empower ratepayers, enhance social justice, and improve the quality of decision-making. A restructured LIPA must spend more of its revenues for the benefit of our communities. Rather than continue the decades-long habit of spending money on expensive management fees for private corporations, which diverts funds from public use, LIPA can double down on its commitment to invest in Long Island and the Rockaways. Instead of providing bonuses to unaccountable management and dividends to distant stockholders, LIPA should lower utility rates, especially for low-income households, seniors on fixed incomes, and small businesses; reinvest revenues to enhance resiliency; improve identification of and service to customers with special needs such as those requiring electricity for medical equipment and municipal sewage treatment plants and other services that would otherwise create environmental disasters; support community solar, thermal energy networks, and more wide ranging conservation programs; and seek out public-public partnerships that improve service delivery and community resilience. LIPA also has the right and ability to fund, build, own, and operate its own renewable energy systems via bond issuances, which should be explored as a part of the democratic buildout of public renewables. A more equitable rate structure is really vital and a restructured LIPA must do more to uphold NYs goal of tackling the energy burden on LMI customers by ensuring they don’t spend more than 6% of their monthly income on their energy bills. We should also explore the recent decision by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to end power shut offs for low-income customers who can’t pay. Some things should stay the same, however, unless otherwise requested by the workers. There should be no change to the jobs, salaries, or benefits for the 2,500 ServCo employees. LIPA made, and kept, the same promise when it transitioned from National Grid to PSEG Long Island management in 2014. This dedicated workforce is integral to LIPA’s success under any management structure. IBEW Local 1049 has made it clear they do not want to be a public sector union. There are a few pathways to ensuring this outcome that they will determine for themselves. We must support IBEW’s position in the transition and stand with the workers who have kept this system running. This commission was set up to steer Long Island and the Rockaways back on course to the electric utility we need. I urge this commission to stay strong on this path and incorporate the above suggestions to truly reimagine LIPA. These are the reforms needed to build a truly accountable, democratic, renewable and affordable energy system.

Beth Jane
August 30, 2023
I think it is far better to have a public company manage our electricity. That way they are held accountable. My trust in LIPA is very low. A public company can hold them accountable

Randall
August 30, 2023
Instead of having a private company soaking up the profits for themselves, then asking the public to pay for needed upgrades, it makes more sense to have a publicly owned utility with local control making decisions on what is needed for the public and how to achieve that in a cost effective manner. LIPA has a terrible track record on customer service, trustworthiness, honesty, or lack thereof, and they are bad actors. Their objective is to maximize profits, not, provide the best service for the best price. Let's protect the workforce, invest in training, coordinate with the relevant unions and do the fiscally smart thing and switch to a public utility.

Daniel
May 15, 2023
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I have evaluated the credit of scores of municipal electric utilities throughout North America, including assigning the initial credit rating on LIPA about 25 years ago. LIPA has evolved into a strong organization and my opinion is that LIPA would bring more value to Long Island if it were fully municipalized with a local board and local control. From managing the transition of the electric industry to storm resiliency, local accountability and control is important.

Ida
May 11, 2023
I've found it impossible to receive benefits of PSEG low-income, disabled person weather assistance program, Home Comfort Plus. I applied and was awarded the benefit, specifically for heat pump but it was later determined in order for me to take advantage of the benefits that I would have to spend over $10,000.

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