LIPA: Power back to 99% of customers able to get it
Photo credit: Ed Betz | A LIPA crew arrives to turn power back on in a small section of Island Park. (Nov. 12, 2012)
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The Long Island Power Authority Tuesday said it achieved a goal of restoring power to 99 percent of customers able to receive it, but pockets of outages -- some new, some 2 weeks old -- remained.
Meanwhile, LIPA has begun to release some outside repair crews, including up to 400 tree trimmers and transmission system crews Tuesday, but it still has the largest force of workers in the field...
