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Are you kidding? Enron fell apart over a decade ago. You realize that this thread involves a discussion wherein LIPA was named most hated in the Country, right? Good luck getting good healthcare when all of your doctors are union goons just like the employees of LIPA, the DMV and the LIRR.
The dimness in your house has nothing to do with LIPA
I hated LIPA too, until I started reading about PEPCO and Atlantic City Electric. Over the weekend a severe thunderstorm hit S.Jersey and blacked out almost everybody, not just because the neighborhood lines were snapped by falling trees, but KEY TRANSMISSION LINES, such as those serving Atlantic City, were snapped by wind. The reason: They use WOOD for transmission lines instead of steel pylons. Be glad when you see our major transmission lines on Long Island are held up by steel towers instead of wood poles! Transmission lines made of wood snapped in the marshes between Atlantic City and the mainland, limited power remains available to select areas such as the casinos on the few remaining lines, until they can access these lines in this remote area
I don't think this is why they are the most hated, they have good service and accurate info on when the power will be restored.....he was my problem and many others have:
They over charged me on several occasions. We paid 7 Billion dollars for them to buy Lilco They lied about how rates will be reduced after taking over Lilco, they charge one of the highest rates in the country. It's a government owned corporation. They raised rates 80% in the last 10 years. The LIPA Tax increase You think civil servants on the Island make a lot, you should check out their salaries, on average they(management) make 180,000. LIPA is a large monopoly with a lot of money and no accountability. That is a dangerous combination.
Don't worry though PSEG will be taking things over in two years,so maybe somethings will finally get straighten out for once but since it's L.I. I doubt it.
My bill is like $30 a month so I have nothing to hate them for but the amount of times LIRR has gotten me to work on time I can count on 1 hand. LIRR is horribly expensive and they can't get their crap together. I pay money to LIPA and they give me continuous power. For me it's a matter of service vs price and LIPA is better in that regard.
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I hated LIPA too, until I started reading about PEPCO and Atlantic City Electric. Over the weekend a severe thunderstorm hit S.Jersey and blacked out almost everybody, not just because the neighborhood lines were snapped by falling trees, but KEY TRANSMISSION LINES, such as those serving Atlantic City, were snapped by wind. The reason: They use WOOD for transmission lines instead of steel pylons. Be glad when you see our major transmission lines on Long Island are held up by steel towers instead of wood poles!
Transmission lines made of wood snapped in the marshes between Atlantic City and the mainland, limited power remains available to select areas such as the casinos on the few remaining lines, until they can access these lines in this remote area
You need to be realistic, the materials used by a utility are based more on the era the lines went up. I don't think you'll find any company that has gone back and replaced existing poles unless it is done in conjunction with service replacement or expansion.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is probing them over 'bidding practices' and abusive trading in California and Midwest energy markets. Via Bloomberg:
*FERC PROBES POTENTIAL POWER-MARKET MANIPULATION BY JPMORGAN
*FERC ASKS U.S. COURT TO ORDER JPMORGAN TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS
*FERC SAYS PROBE COVERS JPMORGAN'S `BIDDING PRACTICES' :JPM US
Union "stooges" or flat out crooks... choose your poison.
If you don't believe the same thing is happening with healthcare, you're fooling yourself.
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Be glad you dont have PEPCO
You think civil servants on the Island make a lot, you should check out their salaries, on average they(management) make 180,000. LIPA is a large monopoly with a lot of money and no accountability. That is a dangerous combination. 
