Long Island Power Authority(LIPA) replaced by who...

The blatantly incompetent managers of LIPA finally have been relieved of their authority after the power disaster that prevailed as a result of Hurricane Sandy, their incredible mismanagement, and lack of any useful knowledge.  It is unclear whether those managers and board members of LIPA  are still on the union arranged payroll, but rumor has it that they are still being paid.

Whoever chose the replacements should now be investigated.  PSEG(Public Services Electric & Gas Company) now handles all electric on Long Island.  They provide this service to much of New Jersey and now we get them here.  Couldn't we have passed the baton to another company, one from a less corrupt and bureaucratic state at least.  The one remarkable change with PSEG is that electric power prices have now risen dramatically.  When our last bill came it looked like the kind of bill we would get in the summer when the air conditioning was on.  Two of us here, using lights carefully, listening to the radio, using the computers, watching television, and no space heaters.  The bill was unbelievable.

National Grid has been handling gas for power and heat, and their service is non-existent.  If something goes wrong with your furnace they provide no service.  You're on your own.  Their billing system is broken and it is impossible to reach a customer representative on the phone.  Not kidding, they never answer the phone, wait as long as you want.  Their contract is over at the end of the year and will revert to PSEG, so it seems as if National Grid is skimping along.  Oh boy, and then PSEG gets to price our gas.

One wonders why government is often viewed as incompetent.  Actually, I don't.