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SEA Releases Draft Citizens Energy Plan For Long Island
“This Draft Citizens Energy Plan outlines public interest priorities and recommendations
designed to allow Long Island to meet its future energy needs in a sustainable,
affordable, reliable, and environmentally acceptable manner. It is my
hope that LIPA, as well as county and town governments will use this grassroots
blueprint as a basis for future energy policy decisions.”
Gordian Raacke, executive director, Citizens Advisory Panel, Long Island's
Energy Watchdog
| Read the Executive
Summary |
| Read the full document (290 pages) |
(Both in Adobe pdf format)
| Click here for the Press Release |
| Submit your comments |
Other Voices:
Richard Ottinger, Dean Emeritus Pace University School of Law and former chairman of The U.S. House of Representatives Energy Conservation & Power Subcommittee.
“The Long Island Citizens Energy Plan is the sort of smart, serious plan that Washington, DC seems incapable of producing these days. It offers hope that government need not be dominated by powerful vested interests and that Homo sapiens can still marshal the intellect and the will to solve this problem.”
Denis Hayes, President of the Bullitt Foundation and Founder of Earthday.
"The energy policies proposed in the Long Island Citizens Energy Plan make sense not only for Long Island but for the nation as a whole. We must stop wasteful energy consumption practices, get off our addiction to polluting fossil and dangerous nuclear fuels, and begin the transition to clean and renewable energy sources today."
Wenonah Hauter, Director, Public Citizen Critical Mass Energy & Environment Program.
“The advice ‘Think Global, Act Local’ is exemplified by the Long Island Citizens Energy Plan. Its energy conservation & efficiency proposals could not come at a more opportune time, when the United States’ reliance on energy, oil and nuclear power is threatened by terrorists and rogue states."
Irving Like, an attorney and former LIPA Trustee.
This is a genuinely outstanding report, much the best of its kind that I have seen. The solutions are workable, the criticisms constructive and valid, the conclusions well documented. Coupled with campaign finance reform, the report can pave the way to a less costly and more sustainable energy future for Long Island and New York.
Peter Bradford, Visiting Lecturer in Energy Policy and Environmental Protection, Yale University; former chair, New York State PSC.
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