Are there any socioeconomic or environmental justice issues associated with the location of LIPAs Caithness Energy Center ?
LIPA has claimed that there is no basis for the community to raise socioeconomic and environmental justice issues with the Caithness Plant’s location. While at the same time, LIPA is boastful about the advantages of locating Caithness within the Brookhaven Empire Zone which, by definition, is a disadvantaged community in need of economic development. In LIPA’s benefit package to the community, they stated: make a good faith effort at the initial facility staffing to hire at least two qualified people from the local community (Host Community Benefits for the Caithness Long Island Energy Center , January 20, 2006). LIPA also has stated that ratepayers will benefit from the project’s location in the Brookhaven Empire Zone, but LIPA has not reported what, if any, Empire Zone benefits the project would accrue. What are the economic costs of LIPA’s proposed Caithness Plant? LIPA has been touting the favorable economics of the Caithness Energy Center . However, to date, LIPA has refused to di
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- Are there any socioeconomic or environmental justice issues associated with the location of LIPAs Caithness Energy Center ?
- What are the environmental impacts associated with energy development and how can they be mitigated?
- Did LIPA adequately assess alternative to the Caithness Energy Plants location?
