Romaine seeks end to LIPA tax challenges
Photo credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara | Ed Romaine, now the supervisor of Brookhaven Town, speaks during a meeting of the Suffolk Legislature in Hauppauge. (May 3, 2012)
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Brookhaven Supervisor Edward Romaine Wednesday stepped into the debate over LIPA's future, asking Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to drop tax challenges LIPA has filed against the town over the Port Jefferson power station.
LIPA pays $29.4 million annually in taxes for the National Grid-owned plant, which has been used infrequently since LIPA began drawing energy from the more efficient Caithness plant...
