Suffolk names 6 to LIPA panel

The Suffolk County Legislature has appointed members to its Long Island Power Authority Legislative Oversight Committee.

And the Legislature has set the committee’s first meeting, to be held at 4 p.m. on March 2 at the William H. Rogers Building in Hauppauge.

Among the topics under discussion will be the recent disclosure that LIPA overcharged ratepayers $231 million.

The new committee members are former Long Island Lighting Co. (LIPA’s prececessor) employees Peter Schlussler and Matthew Cordaro (above left); energy experts Irving Like and Sheldon Sackstein; civic leader Fred Gorman; and the county legislature’s energy specialist, Joe Schroeder.

The committee will hold at least four public hearings, two in the west end and two on the
East End and issue a written report before the end of 2011.

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