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Report: LIPA Overcharged For 'Lost' Power

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Long Island Power Authority has overcharged its customers by $231 million due to a faulty formula it used to calculate charges for power that seeps from its electric grid.

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WCBS 880 Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs reports

Newsday reports that LIPA has begun returning $129 million of the money through incremental rate cuts spread over three years.

Beginning in April, customers will see an average $2.85 reduction in their monthly bill for the rest of the year, and $1.50 a month for 2012 and 2013.

LIPA approved a measure to change the way it calculates the charges at a meeting in January.

LIPA's interim chief executive, Michael Hervey, says the company became aware of the "lost" power last summer.

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