07.24.2015 Business Audit: LIPA’s ‘longstanding issues’ have not been dealt with After a lengthy effort to reduce costs for Long Island Power Authority customers, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said that the utility has been ineffective after he discovered that costs have not been...
07.10.2015 Environment PSEG eyes substation at EPCAL to handle incoming solar power Foreseeing the megawatts of solar energy to come in the area, PSEG Long Island and the Long Island Power Authority are interested in building an electrical substation at the town-owned Enterprise...
03.03.2015 Government Ratepayers to PSEG: Utility bills are too damn high! Long Islanders are blasting PSEG Long Island’s proposed rate increase plan and say current utility costs are already too high. About 85 people attended an informational session Monday night...
12.17.2014 Government LIPA selects EPCAL project; Walter says ‘our ship has come in’ After balancing its budget with $750,000 in projected revenues next year from either selling off or leasing land at the town-owned Enterprise Park at Calverton — namely to companies aiming...
11.14.2014 Editorials Editorial: LIPA’s change of plans is cause for concern in town News that LIPA is likely to delay plans to build more peaker plants on Long Island, but won’t be stalling on its renewable energy efforts, comes with mixed reactions.
11.12.2014 Business Light dims — slightly — on EPCAL energy park plan The lights have been dimmed, but they’re not being turned off. At least, not yet. Plans to build at least one peaker plant at the Enterprise Park at Calverton...
09.02.2014 Government 38-acre solar farm gets OK from planning board The Riverhead Town Planning Board approved a preliminary site plan at its meeting last Thursday proposing a solar farm with roughly 30,000 panels on an area of Calverton farmland.
08.01.2014 Government Solar farm regs taking shape in wake of LIPA push For years people have been talking about solar as a clean alternative energy source, but only recently has the prospect of large-scale solar farms started taking shape on the...