County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge,

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION..262

II PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND .262

III.RECENT INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES..'.264

IV.CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS <M

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B. CONTRACT CLAUSE. o <NI

V.EQUITY.269

VI.PROTECTION OF FUNDS PAYABLE.270

VII.CITIZENS ADVISORY PANEL .271

VIII.CONCLUSION . .271

I.INTRODUCTION

The Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) have petitioned for a radical revision of LILCO’s contractual and judicial obligations to pay electric ratepayers in Nassau, Suffolk and…