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• Could less energy usage alter LIPA's plans?

  The Long Island Power Authority 's multipronged plan to secure energy from a variety of new sources could face an unexpected speed bump this year: customers are using less energy. At a board meeting last week, LIPA officials said they were stumped by res 5/30/12 Read more »

• Bill could spur solar energy on LI

  A Farmingdale jobs fair to attract and train solar-energy workers on Monday served as a platform for local support for a revised state Solar Jobs Act, which proposes to vastly increase the amount of power derived from the sun by 2021.Labor leaders, envir   Read more »

• Editorial: Expand solar to lower costs

  If you'd like to start a small business installing solar energy panels, your idea is getting a welcome boost from the Long Island Power Authority .LIPA is offering a 20-year contract to buy power at 22 cents a kilowatt-hour for solar installations of 50   Read more »

• Thunderstorms make for messy Friday commute

  Lines of early morning thunderstorms are ripping across Long Island on Friday morning, creating hazardous road conditions amid thousands of power outages.The National Weather Service said at least two separate lines of storms -- one stretching from Comma   Read more »

• Editorial: Seek a solar solution in Suffolk

  Energy innovation and downtown revival are pivotal to Long Island 's future economy. So it was a rude shock when new Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone found that two goals he supports were pitted against one another at the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rai   Read more »

Around the web

• NY officials map strategy to deal with hurricanes

  Emergency management officials are gathering on Long Island to discuss strategies for dealing with hurricanes. The Long Island Power Authority is sponsoring the 2-day conference that starts Wednesday at LIPA headquarters in Uniondale. More than 600 first responders,   from WCAX Read more »

• LIPA seeks to cut debt by $2 billion by 2020

  Long Island Power Authority is developing a plan that could reduce debt by as much as $2 billion over the next eight years. LIPA Board Chairman Howard Steinberg the authority hopes to reduce its debt by $1 billion as of 2017 and by $2 billion by 2020. “That   from Long Island Business Network Read more »

• Police: Most power back in Long Island village

  as a precaution. No injuries were reported as a result of the outage. The village utility is not affiliated with the Long Island Power Authority, which provides electricity for most Long Island residents. Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.   from WCAX Read more »

• LIPA agrees to $1B Covanta waste-to-energy deal

  Long Island Power Authority has reached a deal to buy electricity for about $1 billion over 15 years from four waste-to-energy plants on Long Island, including three owned by Covanta. The authority in the deal approved Thursday would pay $989 million for electricity   from Long Island Business Network Read more »

• LIPA to launch on-bill energy efficiency financing

  officials said number of people who can qualify is based on the state funding for the financing that is going to the Long Island Power Authority territory. “That’s determined by the available NYSERDA funding allocated to us on Long Island,” LIPA Chief Operating   from Long Island Business Network Read more »