MEDIA ADVISORY For Aug. 16: Citizens Forum, Elected Officials Set to Discuss Reorganization of LIPA

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 16, 2011 - Who:               Fred Gorman, President, LIPA LIES (Long Island Energy Surveillance)Irving Like, Esq., Member, Suffolk County Long Island Power Authority Oversight Committee and former LILCO Executive Pete Schlusser, Member, Suffolk County Long Island Power Authority Oversight Committee Steve Flanagan, Founder and Executive Dir rc helicopter and car market place ector, Conservative Society for Action Local elected officials                         What:              Members of LIPA LIES ( cadillac Long Island Energy Surveillance), the Suffolk County Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) Oversight Committee and the Conservative Society for Action will join local ratepayers, experts and elected officials to discuss the best energy options for Long Islanders, develop a strategy to protect ratepayers and possibly create an energy provider that could reduce energy rates between 20%-40%.

Within months, LIPA will choose one of three options: go private, which means ratepayers will be saddled with $9 billion of LIPA debt; stay with National Grid, which continues to overcharge Long Islanders; or become a fully operational energy municipality.

LIPA LIES is urging local elected officials to provide Long Islanders the protection they need against ever-increasi bmw ng energy rates. The organization has pointed out LIPA's inefficiencies, such as its refusal to use the LIPA Edge program this summer — which would have reduced energy usage during peak hours and saved ratepayers $33 million —and LIPA's recent admission that it overcharged its ratepayers by buick $231 million.

When:             Tuesday, August 16, 2011                        7-11 p.m.

Where:            Melville Marriott                        1350 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY

Directions:     LIE to Exit 49 North. Take service road toward Huntington for 1.2 miles. Turn right onto Old Walt Whitman Rd./Walt Whitman Rd. Hotel will be on your right-hand side.

Photo Ops:    Mr. Gorman, Mr. Like, Mr. Schlusser and Mr. Flanagan addressing the audience and being joined by local elected officials.

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