LIPA Energy Strategy Refresh and Power Plant Repowering

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LIPA is revising its energy strategy due to economic shifts and federal policy changes impacting wind and solar power. The plan involves rethinking the retirement of traditional fossil-fuel power plants, considering repowering older plants such as those in Island Park, Northport, and Port Jefferson, and potentially contracting new peaker power plants or long-duration battery plants. The strategy also includes reliance on existing waste-to-energy plants and integration with proposed infrastructure like the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project pipeline and the Propel New York high-voltage power project.