Babylon Town Board asks LIPA, KeySpan to evaluate costs of

Long Island Business News, Oct 20, 2006 by Long Island Business News Staff

Most recently in August, we've written about Babylon Town officials' dissatisfaction with LIPA's proposed off-shore wind park south of the Island.

Now the Babylon Town Board has adopted a resolution calling on the Long Island Power Authority and plant operator KeySpan Corp. to evaluate whether it would be cheaper to clean up existing power plants - through a process known as repowering - rather than have FPL Energy build the wind farm.

"The public has a right to know which projects will deliver the most environmental benefits at the lowest cost, instead of having one plan fast-tracked without proper analysis," Babylon Supervisor Steve Bellone said.