LIPA energy-efficiency talks draw 400 users
Photo credit: Newsday/Karen Wiles Stabile | Robert Ausburn IV, left, of Kimco Realty, looks at the LED lighting display shown by Glen Karpinos of Electric Lighting Agencies Inc. at the energy-efficiency conference held by LIPA in Melville on Tuesday. (Feb.14, 2012)
The Long Island Power Authority held its first "big" energy-efficiency conference for Long Island businesses and other users at the Hilton in Melville yesterday, and the turnout was a surprise, said LIPA chief operating officer Michael Hervey.
Hervey said LIPA was expecting about 200 companies to sign up for the daylong conference. Instead, nearly 400 did.
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