Research

Scope and Content Note

This series documents research by staff of the Assembly into the feasibility and economic viability of state acquisition of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) as a means for effecting a reduction in electricity costs to consumers.

The records include proposals for expansion of public power and creation of the Long Island Power Authority; legal analyses and review by the State Energy Office (1983); reports of other state power authorities; statistical spreadsheets; rate comparisons; testimony before the Public Power Commission; feasibility and economic viability studies; and other related background material.