Don't rehab Port Jefferson plant

The vast majority of Long Island Power Authority ratepayers will suffer, as will the Long Island economy, environment and public health, if the Port Jefferson power plant is repowered or a new plant built there [“Power surge,” News, June 24].

It’s clear this proposal is being pushed, politically, to subsidize Port Jefferson’s taxpayers — particularly its school district — at the expense of the rest of LIPA’s ratepayers and state taxpayers.

LIPA must do a cost-benefit analysis, comparing repowering with investing in energy efficiency. Let’s find out which provides more “green” jobs and better protects our environment and public health.

Peter Maniscalco, Manorville