07.17.2015 Government Greenport Village considering lease agreement with energy company The Greenport Village Board may vote on a lease agreement that will provide about three acres off Moore’s Lane to a company looking to build a peak-energy power plant on...
04.10.2015 Government Town opts out of renewable energy initiative Southold Town Board members were puzzled to learn Tuesday that the town has spent roughly $50,000 over the past five years to participate in a renewable energy initiative program...
03.03.2015 Government Ratepayers to PSEG: Utility bills are too damn high! Long Islanders are blasting PSEG Long Island’s proposed rate increase plan and say current utility costs are already too high. About 85 people attended an informational session Monday night...
02.08.2015 Government Southold would fight renewed PSEG cable project Southold Town is prepared to sue PSEG Long Island should the company revisit a failed and controversial underwater cable project intended to boost Shelter Island’s power supply.
08.01.2014 Government Solar farm regs taking shape in wake of LIPA push For years, people have been talking about solar as a clean alternative energy source, but only recently has the prospect of large-scale solar farms started taking shape on the...
05.19.2014 Government Road finally fixed near LIPA power line work in Greenport A Greenport shorefront that was left a mess after work on a Long Island Power Authority cable to Shelter Island came to a halt last summer has been restored,...
02.24.2014 Government Long Island’s electrical grid getting $1.4 billion upgrade More than a year after Hurricane Sandy wiped out much of Long Island’s electrical grid, leaving residents in the dark for days, $1.4 billion in federal aid will help...
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...