LIPA inspection rules have homeowners frustrated
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | (L to R) Richard Jendzo, a senior electrical inspector looks over a map of the grid in Massapequa with Stephen Castle, also an electrical inspector. Both were contracted by LIPA to inspect homes to ensure they are safe to have power restored. (Nov. 8, 2012)
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The transformer lay on the ground near Dan Mazzola's Bayview Avenue home Thursday in Massapequa, as power lines and poles snaked down the block. Even the cable that feeds electricity from the transformer to his house had snapped and ran along the side of the home.
Richard Bivone, president of the Empire Electrical Inspector Association, one of hundreds of inspectors dispatched to coastal communities...
