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LISTEN: LIPA Executive Questioned On Restoration Effort

Hervey said it remains unclear if LIPA customers will see rates increase due to the storm.

2012/11/12

Some Long Island Residents Remain Unsatisfied By LIPA’s Promises

LIPA also had a change of heart about the inspection they told residents would have to undergo before they could get power, but the big move was not enough to end the outrage.

2012/11/11

Tempers Boiling Over As Long Island Remains In The Dark, Cold

Long Island residents were rallying Saturday for fed up power customers to voice their frustration about still being in the dark.

2012/11/10

LIPA crew at Richmond Avenue in Amityville on Nov. 2, 2012 (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Hempstead Town Supervisor: LIPA Has Failed Those With Special Needs

The Hempstead town supervisor on Saturday accused the Long Island Power Authority of ignoring those with special needs.

2012/11/10

National Grid On Power Restoration: Under Circumstances, We’ve Performed ‘Extremely Well’

There was still no light Friday night for hundreds of thousands of Long Island homes. About 150,000 frustrated Long Island Power Authority customers said the company was giving them the run-around and they want to know why.

2012/11/09

Downed trees in Woodbury, Long Island as a result of Sandy (credit: Sophia Hall / WCBS 880)

Angry LIPA Customers Say They Can’t Get Clear Answers About Power Restoration

For those on Long Island without power since Sandy struck, there is word from the Long Island Power Authority that they won’t want to hear.

2012/11/08

Officials Demand LIPA Work Quicker To Restore Power, Improve Communications With Customers

Just over 255,000 Long Islanders remained in the dark Monday, down from more than 935,000 immediately after the storm.

2012/11/05

Power lines down from Sandy, Oct. 30, 2012 (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

About 1.5 Million Still Without Power In New York Metro Area

A total of about 1.5 million power customers in the Tri-State area remained without power Sunday night, as relief and recovery efforts from Superstorm Sandy continued.

CBS New York–2012/11/04

A damaged home in Manhasset (credit: India Gray via Facebook)

LIPA Spokesman Estimates 90 Percent Restoration By Wednesday

Hervey said substations were badly corroded by the saltwater in the storm surge.

2012/11/04

Long Beach, New York (credit: Barbara Byrne Wagner)

Looting Becomes Problem On Long Island’s South Shore; LIPA Under Half A Million Outages

On Long Island, looting has become such a problem on the south shore that state police are on patrol.

2012/11/02

Con Edison employees monitor the drainage of water being pumped out of Seven World Trade Center, caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Millions Of Tri-State Customers Remain Without Power Following Superstorm Sandy

More than 4 million customers served by Con Edison, LIPA, PSEG, JCP&L, Connecticut Light and Power, Orange & Rockland, and NYSEG were without power as of late Tuesday night.

2012/10/30

Devastation On Long Island: Power Down, Widespread Damage, 2 Dead

Long Island was a disaster area Tuesday night, after Superstorm Sandy uprooted trees and blew them over like matchsticks, and at one point cut power to 90 percent of LIPA customers without power.

CBS New York–2012/10/30

Hurricane Sandy Bears Down On U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coastline

More Than Half Of LIPA Customers In The Dark; All Nassau Roads Closed

Residents should be prepared to be without power for seven to 10 days, LIPA officials warned.

2012/10/29

Millions Without Power; Con Ed Cuts Service To 6,500

s Superstorm Sandy raged, nearly 2.7 million customers in the New York City metro area were without power Monday night – a number nearly equivalent to the entire population of the city of Chicago.

CBS New York–2012/10/29

Gov. Cuomo Declares State Of Emergency With Hurricane Sandy On Her Way

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency “in every county in the state” and activated the emergency crews to monitor Sandy as it worked its way north.

2012/10/27

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