High ranking state and local leaders are set to testify before Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Moreland Commission on Tuesday, with much of the focus on scrutinizing the Long Island Power Authority's response and preparation to Superstorm Sandy.
Nassau County Ed Mangano, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, New York Power Authority President and Chief Executive Officer Gil Quiniones, AT&T New York President Marissa Shorenstein and Long Island Rail Road President Helena Williams will appear before the commission, created by Cuomo in the weeks following the storm's punishing assault on the East Coast, as experts on the utility's performance after the disaster. The panel is also expected to make recommendations for restructuring LIPA.
The hearing, set for 6 p.m. at SUNY College of Old Westbury's Student Union Center, is open to the public.
In addition to the discussion about LIPA, the commission will look at how other utilities in the state performed and whether there should be broader restructuring.
On Long Island, where LIPA manages the region's electric delivery, anger has run very high over the utility's response to Sandy, drawing criticism from the governor, the county executives and many town supervisors. In the wake of that scrutiny, several LIPA leaders have stepped down, including the board's Chairman Howard Steinberg and acting-CEO Michael Hervey.
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So, why bother to have a hearing? So it looks good in "Newsday", on Channel 12 and on 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11 local newscasts. As fro the people of Long Island, once this is all said and done, the next big storm will be another repeat to the tune of even higher utility rates and probably the same results; long outages and excuses.
In brief, it provides information to the managers of the restoration process by recording the incoming customer calls. and overlaying a graphic image of those calls on a map of the electrical distribution system.. The program was designed to ASSIST in managing the restoration The question for LIPA management is -- What is their WORK PLAN for restoration of electric service? LI . How do they go about identifying and prioritizing/sequencing the jobs to restore service efficiently? LILCO began the restoration process by having two man teams survey each circuit as soon as the storm ended. Every one of the hundred plus substations functioned as work centers dispatching work crews to the damage sites identified by the survey teams The Substation area work manager managed the crews assigned to him to restore service to his circuits. Work crews were sent to the substation area managers based on the damage (jobs) he found and reported to headquarters How is restoration organized and accomplished now? Harold E Campbell
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