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'Just The Beginning': Nation's First Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Completed Off Long Island 'Just The Beginning': Nation's First Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Completed Off Long Island
'Just The Beginning': Nation's First Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Completed Off Long Island If you’re reading this, there’s a possibility that the electricity to power your device came from the country’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the completion of the South Fork Wind project on Thursday, March 14, capping off more than two years of construction that began in February 2022. As of Thursday, all 12 of the project’s offshore wind turbines were up and running roughly 35 miles off the coast of Long Island, delivering power to Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaways, the governor’s office said. Earlier Report: 'Momentous St…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Thousands Without Power On Long Island As Tropical Storm Elsa Pushes Through Region Thousands Without Power On Long Island As Tropical Storm Elsa Pushes Through Region
Thousands Without Power On Long Island As Tropical Storm Elsa Pushes Through Region Utility crews from PSEG worked around the clock to restore power to thousands of Long Island residents impacted by Tropical Storm Elsa as the storm makes its way up the East Coast. Elsa moved across Long Island and the Rockaways early on Friday, July 9, bringing heavy rain and whipping winds, which toppled trees and downed power lines, leaving thousands without power overnight. As of around 10 a.m. on Friday, PSEG was still working on 227 active outages that were impacting 6,634 of the company’s 1,172,708 customers on Long Island. In Nassau, 4,519 customers were reporting outages, with 1,3…

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by Zak Failla
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Uber Driver On Long Island Hospitalized With COVID-19 Uber Driver On Long Island Hospitalized With COVID-19
Uber Driver On Long Island Hospitalized With Covid-19 A Uber driver who works on Long Island has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently isolated in a Far Rockaway hospital, officials said. The driver, who is from the Rockaways and in his 30s, tested positive for COVID-19 after coming down with underlying respiratory issues. He is currently quarantined at St. John Episcopal Hospital. “The New York City Department of Health has confirmed that a patient at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital has tested positive for COVID-19,” a spokesperson for St. John’s Episcopal Hospital said. “The patient is currently in isolation and we are closely monit…

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by Zak Failla
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New Power Outage Update: Here Are Latest Numbers On Long Island New Power Outage Update: Here Are Latest Numbers On Long Island
New Power Outage Update: Here Are Latest Numbers On Long Island Less than 6,000 Long Island residents remain without power following an intense storm that left thousands of customers without power. As of 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 2, PSEG Long Island is reporting 5,672 of its approximately 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without power.  Service has been restored to more than 90 percent of the customers affected by the storm.  The company said it expects the majority of remaining customers without power to be restored by midnight Tuesday. To help repair or replace the hundreds of downed lines, the compa…

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by Kathy Reakes