Long Island Power Authority Collection
Collection 315

Administrative Information     

Title
Long Island Power Authority Collection

Creator
Irving Like, Esq.

Provenance
The collection was donated by Irving Like, Esq., board member, Long Island Power Authority, and attorney, Babylon, N.Y.

Extent, Scope, and Content Note
The collection is comprised of fourteen cubic feet of: correspondence, files, legal briefs, newspaper clippings, testimony, and reports. Included are files on predecessor efforts, such as the Citizens Committee to Replace LILCO, Citizens Committee for a Long Island Power Authority, and the Nassau County Public Power Commission.

Arrangement and Processing Note
The collection is mimimally processed and arranged in the order in which it was received.

Language
English.

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Ownership and Literary Rights
Stony Brook University Libraries

Preferred Citation
[Item], [Box], Long Island Power Authority Collection, Special Collections, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Container Listing

Box 1

  • Public Power. Notes, correspondence, James W. Benson testimony, legal research, Long Island Ratepayer's Association, municipal takeover of utilities information, Nuclear Power Costs.
    • Public Power. Leland Neuberg testimony.
    • Public Power Studies.
      • County of Fairfax. Study of Feasibility of Public Ownership of Electric Utility in Fairfax County, Virginia. Van Scoyoc & Wiskup, Inc.
      • Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Black Fox Station. Economic Viability Study. Touche Ross & Co., August, 1981.
      • California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. Report to the Legislature: AB 1852 -- Alternatives to a Sundesert Nuclear Project. Final Report. February, 1978.
    • Citizen Committee to Replace Lilco.
    • Citizens Committee for a Long Island Power Authority, Inc.
  • Energy Systems Research Group, Inc. (ESRG), Hagstrom letter, NYSED Report
  • Proposed Budget.
  • Legislative/Political Agenda,
  • Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky's bill and supporting materials.
  • Brochures (Leaflets)
  • Cuomo Anti-Corporate Takeover Bill
  • Public power bills. Used and useful.
  • Irving Like's Statement to Suffolk County Legislature December 11, 1984.
  • Resolution re: Takeover Long Island Lighting Company's facilities.
  • Draft resolution - Suffolk County. Sense legislation re: takeover.
  • Notes.
  • Takeover clippings.
  • Drafts.

Box 2

  • Town of Massena against Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation condemnation briefs (Duncan, Weinberg and Miller), and Long Island Lighting Company; Commissioners' award. D.W.M. materials on §360. New York General Municipal Law (GML) Procedure.
  • Citizens Committee for a Long Island Power Authority.
    • Greg Palast.
    • Report. Feasibility Study of Power Services Delivery Options. Municipalization of Electric and Gas Facilities. Suffolk County, New York. Project No. 1676.01. May 1983. DA 8110-18a. Syracuse, N.Y.: Daverman & Associates.
  • Citizens Committee for a Long Island Power Authority. Legislation.
    • Professor Clayton P. Gillette's opinion.
    • Professors Clayton P. Gillette and Ronald A. Cass' Resumes.
    • Extra copies of proposed legislation.
  • Citizens Committee for a Long Island Power Authority.
    • Grand Jury on Bokum.
    • Long Island Lighting Company v. County of Suffolk Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) drill.
    • Long Island Lighting Company tax payment Nassau County.
    • Memo supporting Long Island Power Authority bill.
    • Nassau Coliseum (Long Island Lighting Company evacuation center).
    • Robert Abrams v. Public Service Commission - Used and useful briefs.
    • Listed on manila folder, but not included: Suffolk County team consultants.; Summary of key provision of legislation.; Draft resolution.; Suffolk County sense legislation re takeover.

Box 3

  • Citizens Committee for a Long Island Power Authority.
    • News clippings - Public power.
    • Legal research.
    • Drafts of brochures.
  • Citizens Committee for a Long Island Power Authority.
    • Drafts - Public power bills.
    • Assemblyman Paul Harenberg draft.
    • Long Island Power Authority materials. January, 1989 - July, 1989. Agenda, Board of Trustees; organizational materials.

Box 4

  • Nassau County Public Power Commission members.
  • Minutes of Testimony before the Public Power Commission Meeting ... in the Board of Supervisors Conference Room, 1550 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, New York: March 26, 1986; April 2, 1986; April 9, 1986; April 22, 1986; April 30, 1986; May 7, 1986; June 10, 1986.
  • Long Island Power Authority Legislation.
    • Correspondence.
    • Long Island Power Authority statute summary.
    • Case AG Public Service Commission.
    • Public power questions - Governor Cuomo - Nassau County. Public Power Commission.
    • List of unions.
    • Public Service Commission Imprudence Opinion.
    • Catacosinos' Statement and Long Island Lighting Company advertisements.
    • Norman Adler - American Federation of State and Municipal Employees Union - Resolution.
    • Nassau County (Purcell) Public Power Commission questions. 2 ff.
    • Newsclippings.
    • Energy Association of New York State.
    • Judge Hogan's decisions on Replacement Costs.
    • Articles.
    • Paul R. Lozowsky - November 6 Coalition.
    • State Energy Office Report on Public Power.

Box 5

  • Long Island Power Authority. Smith Barney Report.
  • Long Island Power Authority. Power Authority - Operations.
    • Spectrum Magazine (Mr. Jurgen).

Box 6

  • Suffolk County Legislature Public Power Consultants.
    • Correspondence.
    • Agreement between County of Suffolk and six consultants.
    • Disbursements.
    • MHB Associates - Dale G. Bridenbaugh. Reed Report.
    • Comments on Legislation.
    • Professors Gillette and Cass.
    • Suffolk County Team Consultants newsclippings.
    • Touche Ross & Co.
    • State Energy Office - New York State Electricity Supply Options.
    • Suffolk County Legislature. Resolution authorizing retention of Public Power Consultants.
    • Union Associates - Greg A. Palast.
    • Harry Davitian. Entek Research, Inc.
    • Jeffrey C. Cohen.
    • Reports and Studies from: Fairfax County, VA; Schenectady; Upstate Community Resource Institute; Michigan.

Box 7

  • Long Island Power Authority. Minutes of meetings.
  • Long Island Power Authority. Litigation and legal research affecting Long Island Power Authority.
    • Public power studies
Box 8
  • Long Island Power Authority - News clippings. July 1983, November 1986, January 1987 - April 1988.
  • Long Island Power Authority - News clippings. May - July, 1988.
  • News clippings.

Box 9

  • Duncan, Weinberg & Miller
    • Long Island Lighting Company's memorandum in opposition to Harenberg/LaValle bill.
    • Duncan, Weinberg & Miller. Legal feasibility study letter and study.
  • Shea & Gould.
    • Is Shoreham's Operation Economic? Prepared by National Economic Research Associates, Inc.(N/E/R/A), for Long Island Lighting Company. May 1, 1986.
    • Report to Shea and Gould on Percent Condition Value of the Long Island Lighting Company electric and Gas Systems. March 1986. EBASCO Business Consulting Company.
    • Government Takeover of the Long Island Lighting Company: A Legal Analysis. Submitted by Long Island Lighting Company, n.d.
  • National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (N/E/R/A). Report.
  • Sawhill Commission Report. Report of the Long Island Public Power Panel. June 24, 1986.
  • Smith Barney, Harris, Upham & Co., Inc.
    • Feasibility Study Regarding Acquisition of LILCO by a Public Power Authority. Reference Case Results. June 6, 1986.
Box 10
  • Long Island Power Authority.
    • Correspondence.
    • News clippings, September 1988 - February 1989.
    • News clippings. Suffolk County Takeover.
    • Legal research.
    • Harenberg/LaValle bill and summary.
    • Summary of key provisions of legislation.
  • Energy Systems Research Group, Inc.
    • Long Island Without the Shoreham Power Plant: Electricity Cost and System Planning Consequences. Summary of Findings. July, 1983.
    • News clippings.
    • Paul D. Raskin Report.

Box 11

  • Long Island Lighting Company and Herbert Jaffe, Plaintiffs, against The Long Island Power Authority et. al., Defendants. Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. October 14, 1987. Exhibits to the Lesch Affidavit. Exhibit A, B, C. Also, other legal materials.
  • Long Island Lighting Company, Plaintiff, against Mario M. Cuomo et. al., Defendants. Index no. 87-CV-0039. Defendant Mario M. Cuomo's Memorandum of Law in Support of His Motion to Dismiss the Complaint and in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and for a Preliminary Injunction. Defendants' Reply Memorandum. April 21, 1987. Also, other legal materials.
  • Rainbow News 12 Company d/b/a NEWS 12 Long Island, Petitioner, For a Judgment under Article 78 of the C.P.L.R. in the Nature of Prohibition, against Long Island Power Authority, Respondent. Legal materials.
  • Hershkowitz, Allen. The Public Policies of a Private Utility: The Political Economics of Consolidated Edison. Unpublished dissertation. City University of New York, 1985.
  • Kessel, Richard M. Report to the Manhattan Borough President on Consolidated Edison. February, 1979.
  • State of New York. Public Service Commission. Recommended Decision by Administrative Law Judge Frank S. Robinson. Case 28252 - Long Island Lighting Company - Shoreham Ratemaking Principles. Notice to Parties (issued February 7, 1986).

Boxes 12-15 (in-process)