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Joye Brown: Let's take time to devise a post-LIPA plan

January 21, 2013 9:11 PM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

A Long Island Power Authority truck is among

Photo credit: AP | A Long Island Power Authority truck is among those arriving to make repairs in Belle Harbor a couple of weeks after superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 12, 2012)

Let's put the brakes on a move to privatize the Long Island Power Authority and give a full airing to an option that never was given a fair chance. Instead of abolishing LIPA, why not turn it into one or more local municipal utilities?

Already, there's considerable pushback on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's call to bring in a private utility to serve the region's electricity needs. State lawmakers...

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