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Hurricane Preparedness Week: PSEG Long Island Announces Climate Change Resilience Plan

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Friday, May 3, 2024

UNIONDALE, N.Y., May 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PSEG Long Island has spent the last decade preparing the utility and the electric grid for hurricanes and other extreme weather. On National Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 5-11, the company announced it is also developing a proactive Climate Change Resilience Plan in partnership with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to address changes in weather patterns projected to occur over the coming decades.

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  • On National Hurricane Preparedness Week, May 5-11, the company announced it is also developing a proactive Climate Change Resilience Plan in partnership with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to address changes in weather patterns projected to occur over the coming decades.
  • PSEG Long Island is also pleased to announce that the findings of its recent Climate Change Vulnerability Study are shaping an in-depth Climate Change Resilience Plan to be published by PSEG Long Island and LIPA later this year.
  • PSEG Long Island operates the Long Island Power Authority's transmission and distribution system under a long-term contract.
  • PSEG Long Island is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a publicly traded diversified energy company.

NYSEG and RG&E Announce “Reliable Energy New York” Plans

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Under the Reliable Energy NY proposals, NYSEG and RG&E will replace aging infrastructure and make smart investments for a more resilient system that can minimize the impacts of climate change on the energy system.

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  • Under the Reliable Energy NY proposals, NYSEG and RG&E will replace aging infrastructure and make smart investments for a more resilient system that can minimize the impacts of climate change on the energy system.
  • That transition will lower their overall impact on the environment and give them more control over their total energy consumption and costs.
  • The existing New York energy grid was not built with renewable energy sources in mind.
  • About NYSEG: New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) is a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc.