Babylon, East Meadow, Mineola, Northport-East Northport, Oyster Bay-East Norwich, Sachem, Sayville and West Islip Students Win PSEG Long Island’s Earth Day Contest

(UNIONDALE, N.Y. – May 21, 2026) PSEG Long Island announces and congratulates the student winners of its seventh annual I Am EM-Powered Energy Conservation video public service announcement (PSA) contest. 

Awards and accolades were bestowed on 25 students from the Babylon, East Meadow, Mineola, Northport-East Northport, Oyster Bay-East Norwich, Sachem, Sayville and West Islip school districts – the creators of the top 10 PSA video winners of PSEG Long Island’s I Am EM-Powered program.

Nearly 300 people, including approximately 100 student finalists – the creators of the top 30 videos – and their families, along with participating teachers and school administrators, attended the ceremony and reception hosted by PSEG Long Island on April 28 at the Huntington Hilton/Long Island in Melville. 

This year, 4,381 fourth – eighth grade students and 105 educators from 41 schools in 32 school districts across Long Island and the Rockaways engaged with PSEG Long Island’s I Am EM-Powered coursework. The program, which is provided to teachers free of charge by PSEG Long Island, includes lessons on conserving energy, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and understanding renewable energy, and contains instructions on how to create a video PSA.

Individual students and groups of up to four worked through concepts and brainstormed topic ideas, created storyboards, wrote scripts, starred in, recorded and edited their 45-second PSA videos putting the newly learned concepts into action. Teachers were able to submit their three favorite videos. This year, 156 video PSAs were submitted for judging.  

“PSEG Long Island’s I Am EM-Powered awards ceremony is always a fun night celebrating this group of bright and energetic youngsters in our community. Providing this free educational program in our customers’ schools is one of the ways PSEG Long Island is supporting our communities. We appreciate the teachers who implement the program and the students who participate – both helping to make our island and the world a better place.”

-   Michael Presti, Director of Customer Experience and Marketing, PSEG Long Island

Along with the Top 10 winners, finalists (student creators of the top 30 PSAs) hailed from Babylon, Brentwood, Copiague, East Meadow, Mineola, NYC District 27 Far Rockaway, Northport-East Northport, Oyster Bay-East Norwich, Patchogue-Medford, Plainview-Old Bethpage, Sachem, Sayville, Westbury and West Islip school districts.

Members of each of the top 10 student teams earned $75 gift cards, certificates and a class party in their honor. Their teachers received $100 gift cards and an additional $100 to throw the victory party. Every finalist received a certificate for being a finalist in the competition.

To watch the awards announcement and view the 10 winning videos, click here: youtube.com/watch?v=EnSxzEptxWw&list=PLFWQccEE12tiKSBDAqPbIa5ioPlNmsEkv&index=2. 
Photos of the event are available here: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCSUwn.

Here is a complete list of the winners:

PSEG Long Island provides educational resources through its robust Community Partnership Program, which includes educational programs for children of all ages at schools, after-school and camp programs. Tens of thousands of young learners have been educated on energy conservation, electric safety and situational awareness through these programs. For information on these programs or to request a program at a local school, camp or youth-focused organization, visit psegliny.com/inthecommunity/communitypartnership/educationalprograms.

Photo caption: Student winners of PSEG Long Island’s seventh annual I Am EM-Powered Energy Conservation Video Public Service Announcement (PSA) Contest with their teachers and PSEG Long Island representatives at the I Am EM-Powered awards ceremony on April 28, 2026.

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PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island operates the Long Island Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system under a long-term contract.  PSEG Long Island is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a publicly traded diversified energy company.