Long Island Power Authority

EAST HILLS, N.Y. - A man was rescued after spending more than four hours Tuesday trapped up to his chest in sand and soil after falling into a Long Island cesspool, authorities said. The man, who was not immediately identified, was in stable condition...

After spending nearly $3 billion in federal money and prompting sales of more than 489,000 new vehicles, the Cash for Clunkers program will come to an end Monday. Car buyers will have one last chance to take advantage of the $3,500 or $4,500 incentives...

NEW YORK (WPIX) -- Many people in the Tri-State area are in the dark Wednesday after high powered winds moving through the area knocked down power lines. The Long Island Power Authority is reporting 7,292 customers on Long Island and the Rockaways...

The damage from Thursday afternoon's storm, that ripped through Great Neck and Kings Point, is much worse than first thought. As massive trees that completely blocked roads were finally cleared, PIX 11 News was on hand to see even more intense...

Thousands of homes on Long Island and in the Bronx are without power after a fierce storm ripped through the area. The National Weather Service says the storm touched down in the Bronx at around 3 p.m. Sunday and swept east through Nassau and Suffolk...

Citing lower natural gas prices, the Long Island Power Authority will announce a 3.2 percent electric bill reduction Thursday - essentially rolling back a 3.2 percent increase instituted in January. The cut, which LIPA says is the second largest in its...

High wind and heavy surf hit parts of the East Coast on Saturday as the remnants of Hurricane Noel blustered northeastward across the open Atlantic toward the shores of New England. The worst of the storm could hit during high tide on Saturday, said...

Opponents cheered as New York Gov. David Paterson declared Thursday, "The fact is, Broadwater is behind us." But the high-stakes battle over Broadwater Energy's plan to put a massive, floating, natural-gas plant in Long Island Sound isn't over yet. The...

ISLIP, N.Y - How would you like to have a windmill spinning in your backyard, generating enough electricity to power your entire home? Now in the Town of Islip on Long Island you can. "Typically homes with chimneys and what have you are about 30 to...

Saving he ???cannot serve two masters,??? Long Island Power Authority president Kevin Law has resigned from the Long Island Association???s board of directors, saving his agency $30,000 in dues. Law stepped down from the board in a May 2......

The ouster of the New York Power Authority???s chief executive appears related in part to an uproar over the agency???s former inspector general, who???s the focus of a widely-publicized state-police probe headedby Attorney General Andrew Cuomo....

Gov. Paterson announces formation of a working group from LIPA and Con Ed to analyze the proposal for a wind farm off Queens. Release after the jump.......