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Nat Grid had handle on storm response plan

A convoy of utility trucks from Indiana arrive

Photo credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas | A convoy of utility trucks from Indiana arrive at a National Grid staging area in Bethpage State Park. (Feb. 8, 2013)

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo didn't have much of a choice other than to shift management of the blizzard from the Long Island Power Authority to National Grid.

LIPA still has no chief executive and Cuomo has done little to fortify the state authority that remains responsible for managing Long Island's electric service since the governor began his aggressive push to privatize the service.

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