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The state is right to reconsider the Long Island Power Authority's role. The trick, however, would be to replace it with something that will work better for Nassau and Suffolk ratepayers.
That won't be easy.
According to a Newsday report, the state is considering a number of options, including going back to a privately owned and operated utility system.
That would take us back...
