Tag: Long Island Utilities

Long Island’s Utility Preparation Always Leaves Us Powerless for the Next Bad Storm

by Richard Murdocco | Aug 7, 2015 | Environmental Policy, Storms | 0

The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. With a thunderclap, Syosset residents awoke long before dawn to witness what looked like a strobe light outside as flashes of lightning...

Is Caithness II The Next Shoreham?

by Richard Murdocco | Jul 23, 2014 | Environmental Policy | 0

Long Island may be getting a new power plant. The big question is whether or not Caithness II is sound planning or the next Shoreham. The approvals are rolling in – recently Brookhaven’s town board voted 5-2 to approve a special...