LIPA Commission Terminates GDS Associates Contract & Resets Schedule for Hearings and Final Report to the Fall
adminlipcThe New York State Legislative Commission on the Future of the Long Island Power Authority met in Albany on May 16, 2023 and voted to terminate its relationship with GDS Associates, one of two outside firms retained by the Commission to assist it in its work to deliver to the legislature a plan for transitioning LIPA into a true public power provider. This was due to the misconduct of a GDS employee during a recent Zoom meeting of the Commission’s Advisory Committee.
The Commission will also ask the legislature to reset the schedule for the Commission’s second round of hearings to September, and the deadline for producing a final report to the legislature to November. This will allow the Commission to continue to proceed with transparency and deliberation, while still delivering a plan well in advance of the next legislative session.
