Long Island Power Chief Quits as Cuomo Orders Inquiry
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The chief operating officer of the Long Island Power Authority resigned after Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, where 2 million homes and businesses lost electricity in superstorm Sandy, ordered an investigation into the performance of the state’s utility companies.
An investigatory commission will examine how providers such as LIPA, the second-largest U.S. municipal electric utility by revenue, responded to Sandy, which struck Oct. 29, and to storms last year, according to a statement yesterday. The commission will have the power to subpoena and question witnesses under oath, the Democratic governor said.