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> PSEG silent on Greenport to Shelter Island cable project status
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> Despite plans that originally called for work on an electrical cable project between Greenport and Shelter Island Heights, PSEG is silent on its progress in investigating this option.The cable project — if it eventually happens — is meant to ensure Shelter Island would have reliable electrical service. There’s currently a single working cable that connects the Island to the North Fork. An attempt at a cable project undertaken by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) in 2013 lasted for months with numerous delays until the power company called it off.
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> Since then, PSEG has taken over management of LIPA and has been studying options to ensure power for the Island. The company’s preferred approach was to build a substation on the Island near the Shelter Island Historical Society. But vocal residents opposed that plan, the Town Board passed a resolution banning all substations here. The next move by the power company was a cable connection between Fifth Street in Greenport and the Heights.
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> PSEG representatives continue to speak to Greenport Mayor George Hubbard Jr. and Shelter Island Heights Property Owners Corporation (HPOC ) Executive Director Stella Lagudis. But neither has given approval for any project.
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> “It’s a long slog,” Ms. Lagudis said about the process. The HPOC is keeping an open mind about the project, she said, but no agreements have been signed.
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> Mr. Hubbard said if work couldn’t begin by mid-October, he doesn’t think it would happen at least until spring 2017. Then he would want a guarantee it would be finished before the summer tourist season. Failing that, it would be unlikely any work could begin until mid-October 2017.
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> There have been negotiations with PSEG, the mayor said, but no agreement has been inked with the Village.
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> The previous attempt by LIPA for a cable project under the bay three years ago were particularly disruptive on the North Fork, with the power company relocating a number of residents because of the noise and dirt the project generated.
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> Since that aborted effort, generators have been brought to Shelter Island during the summer seasons in case the remaining cable link to the North Fork should fail.
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> A link to the South Fork still exists, but can provide power for only part of Shelter Island.
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