02.17.2016 Government Drill tests underway to determine electric cable project’s feasibility No, that large barge running between Greenport and Shelter Island Heights isn’t drilling for oil.
01.28.2014 News PSEG on cable project: ‘It’s complicated’ There’s no start date and there might not even be a plan. The LIPA cable project that ground to a halt after months of missed deadlines, botched work, cost...
10.07.2013 News Neighbors: LIPA should start drilling somewhere else Days after the Long Island Power Authority fired the contractor installing an electrical distribution cable from Greenport to Shelter Island, neighbors inconvenienced by the noise from months of heavy drilling...
10.03.2013 Top News LIPA and National Grid fire contractor Long Island Power Authority has washed its hands of Bortech. LIPA spokesman Mark Gross released a statement yesterday evening that its contract with Bortech, the company digging a pipeline...
09.30.2013 Top News Contractor ‘nowhere near finishing’ as LIPA deadline looms With a deadline imposed for tomorrow, the Long Island Power Authority’s contract with Bortech to complete the long-delayed power pipeline project from Greenport to Shelter Island seems to be...