The TIMES of Huntington • Northport • East Northport
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April 2, 2015
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Roller skating comes to Port Jeff Also: ‘Go Ape’ winners, ‘A Chorus Line’ in Northport, Disney Week at SCPA
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Photo by Michael DeCristofaro
DANCING INTO THE ENGEMAN: Broadway hit ‘A Chorus Line’ has marched into the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport and will run through May 10. Above, the cast of ‘A Chorus Line.’ For a review of the show by Charles J. Morgan, see page B16.
State: LIPA must study repowering BY ELANA GLOWATZ & ROHMA ABBAS
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The Long Island Power Authority must study the area’s aging power plants with an eye toward upgrading the facilities, according to a provision of the next New York State budget. Language that Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and state legislators have agreed upon requires the utility to “perform an engineering, environmental … and cost feasibility analysis and study” of upgrading — also known as repowering — the plants in Northport, Port Jefferson and Island Park. The focus will be on using more efficient and environmentally friendly technology at the plants. Those three sites have been on shaky ground because they are old and using outdated
technology. The Port Jefferson and Northport host communities have feared losing essential property taxes from the plants, which would happen if the plants were to reach the ends of their useful lives without being repowered. The utility must begin studying Port Jefferson and Island Park no later than Oct. 1 and must start working on the second study in Northport by October 2018, according to the budget language. The studies must be completed and presented to the LIPA board of trustees and the department of public service no later than 18 months after they begin. LIPA will repower the plants if it determines, based on the studies, “that repowering any such generating File photo facility is in the best interests Northport’s power plant will be the subject of a LIPA study aimed at LIPA continued on page A9 determining the feasibility of upgrading the facility.