As many people are opting to vacation at home rather than traveling this year, many are sprucing up their homes’ outdoor spaces to give them a vacation-like oasis to relax in. PSEG Long Island is offering rebates of up to $650 on equipment to make customers’ backyard staycations more enjoyable this summer. 

Photo Caption: Valley Stream resident and PSEG Long Island employee Patricia Miles (right) helps Long Island Cares to dispense food boxes at her church to families who have become food insecure from the COVID-19 pandemic. Families are also given reusable bags donated by PSEG Long Island. The emergency food distribution takes place every Saturday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Valley Stream Presbyterian Church. It is open to all Nassau County residents on a first come, first served basis. Miles is pictured with fellow parishioner, Shaaron McFarland.

PSEG Long Island is prepared to meet peak demand during extreme heat situations in the upcoming summer months. In fact, the system improvements made throughout the company will help to provide best-in-class electric reliability to Long Island and the Rockaway customers all year long.

June and July are filled with occasions to celebrate, including graduations, birthdays and Father’s Day. And while these celebrations have evolved into car parades and other events to maintain safe social distancing, one thing remains the same: Metallic party balloons can start fires and cause power outages if they drift into overhead electrical wires and equipment.

Over the past two months, PSEG Long Island has been helping to energize hundreds of health care heroes by providing food to local hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Recently, a lunch was sent to the Northport VA Medical Center’s Community Living Center for employees who are caring for military veterans in a nursing home setting.

A caravan of PSEG Long Island service trucks carrying more than a dozen lineworkers left this morning to help restore power in New Jersey after strong thunderstorms passed through the state yesterday. 

PSEG Long Island is prepared for the thunderstorms and strong wind gusts forecasted for the service area today. The thunderstorms are most likely this afternoon and evening, bringing peak wind gusts as high as 60 mph. The gusty winds may cause tree limbs to break and pull down wires, causing outages.

PSEG Long Island recently donated a selection of snacks, protein bars, grab-and-go and prepared meals to healthcare heroes who are self-isolating at Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Metro (RMHC NYM) in New Hyde Park during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yes, you read that right: There really are picnic tables for squirrels. Just ask Brayden Lewis, son of PSEG Long Island’s Meredith Lewis, both of Shoreham. Brayden built and sold these pint-sized pieces of furniture, raising $700 to buy meals for the medical staff at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, where his aunt, Lisa Eppelsheimer, is a nurse treating COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit.

The pandemic has made many more Long Island families wonder where they are getting their next meal. The recent surge in food insecurity has led organizations like Tri Community and Youth Agency (Tri CYA) in Huntington Station to become emergency food distribution centers. PSEG Long Island is proud to partner with Tri CYA in its effort to feed Long Islanders by providing more than 1,000 reusable bags for the initiative. 

PSEG Long Island and the PSEG Foundation are supporting the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island with a $25,000 grant to the organization’s Long Island Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (LIVOAD) Coalition.

PSEG Long Island and the PSEG Foundation are supporting United Way of Long Island with a $25,000 grant to the organization’s newly formed fund to address critical community needs caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

May is National Electrical Safety Month. With millions more Americans working and learning from home, PSEG Long Island reminds its customers to be careful and responsible with electronics and appliances.

Over the past few weeks, PSEG Long Island has been helping to energize our healthcare heroes by providing catered meals to local hospitals and healthcare facilities on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

During these times of hardship, PSEG Long Island reminds its customers that financial assistance and payment programs are available to households that meet certain income guidelines and other eligibility requirements.

PSEG Long Island is prepared for the windy, stormy conditions forecasted for the service area today and into early Friday. Strong winds are expected today with peak gusts up to 50 mph possible through the evening into Friday morning, along with the chance of heavy rain and thunderstorms. The gusty winds may cause tree limbs to break and pull down wires, causing outages.

PSEG Long Island is prepared for the strong thunderstorms that may hit the service area this afternoon. The approaching weather system may generate storms with peak gusts up to 55 mph, which may cause tree limbs to break and pull down wires, causing outages. Non-hazardous winds are expected to continue into the evening.

Working 16-hour shifts, PSEG Long Island crews have made significant progress restoring customers impacted by the strong winds and hazardous gusts.  As of 4:30 p.m., 98% of customers affected have been restored. 

As of 6:30 a.m., PSEG Long Island has restored power to more than 48,200 customers, 95% of those affected Monday by the heavy rain, strong winds and gusts that downed trees, branches and wires. PSEG Long Island is currently reporting 2,343 of its approximately 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without service.

As of 9 p.m., PSEG Long Island has restored power to 38,200 customers, 84% of those affected since midnight by the heavy rain, strong winds and gusts that downed trees, branches and wires. PSEG Long Island is currently reporting 7,517 of its approximately 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without service.

Heavy rain, strong winds and hazardous gusts continue in Nassau and Suffolk County causing downed trees, branches and wires affecting more than 42,052 of our 1.1 million customers, since midnight. Hardest currently hit areas are in the Towns of Copiague, Huntington, and Smithtown. PSEG Long Island is reporting 12,458 of its approximately 1.1 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways are currently without service. 

PSEG Long Island is prepared for the high winds and heavy rain forecasted for the service area tomorrow. This storm system is expected to bring abnormally strong winds that are expected to peak Monday afternoon, with strong thunderstorms possible. Peak gusts of up to 70 mph are expected in eastern Suffolk County. The gusty winds may cause tree limbs to break and pull down wires, causing outages.

PSEG Long Island is prepared for the high winds and heavy rain forecasted for the service area tomorrow. This storm system is expected to bring abnormally strong winds that are expected to peak Monday afternoon, with strong thunderstorms possible. Peak gusts of up to 70 mph are expected in eastern Suffolk County. The gusty winds may cause tree limbs to break and pull down wires, causing outages.

PSEG Long Island is prepared for the windy, stormy conditions forecasted for the service area in the coming days. A cold front is expected to pass through the area tomorrow afternoon, bringing thunderstorms and strong winds with peak gusts up to 50 mph possible through the evening. Non-hazardous winds are expected to continue into into Friday evening. The gusty winds may cause tree limbs to break and pull down wires, causing outages.

PSEG Long Island is more committed than ever to the health and safety of its customers. A heightened sense of uncertainty throughout the world is emboldening phone scammers who impersonate electric company employees, and PSEG Long Island urges people to know the facts and protect themselves.

April is National Safe Digging Month, and PSEG Long Island is reminding customers, contractors and excavators to call before digging to avoid hitting underground pipelines, conduits, wires and cables. 811 is the designated national dialing code to have underground lines located and marked before beginning projects around the home or business.

PSEG Long Island has installed two webcams to offer a sneak peek into the lives of the local osprey.

To continue storm hardening the electric infrastructure its customers rely on, PSEG Long Island is proud to announce it is launching Power On, a new initiative that will strengthen distribution lines across Long Island and the Rockaways.

PSEG Long Island is committed to reinforcing the exceptional electric reliability on Long Island and in the Rockaways during this difficult time. Crews are working to bolster the electric service to hospitals as they expand, and are increasing the inspections and maintenance of the specific transmission and distribution infrastructure that serve these critical facilities.

PSEG Long Island is proud to recognize Joseph Cattell of West Babylon on Surveyors Week (March 15 - 21, 2020) for 47 years of service to Long Island’s electric customers.

PSEG Long Island this week joins Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS) to recognize National Consumer Protection Week and to educate customers on how they avoid falling victim to imposter utility scams.

PSEG Long Island’s Commercial Efficiency Program has saved St. Edward the Confessor Church and School in Syosset more than $12,500 on new energy-efficient lighting. Upgrades to the facility included replacing fluorescent fixtures and incandescent light bulbs with more energy-efficient LEDs, inside and outside the facility.

The pressures and challenges a utility faces when recovering from a major storm are magnified when its service area is hosting a premiere international event such as the Olympic Games. Recently, PSEG Long Island’s leadership team met and shared their storm-tested emergency planning best practices with executives from Tokyo’s electric utility as it finalizes its plans to support the 2020 Summer Olympics through its stable and secure power supply.

PSEG Long Island is proud to celebrate dozens of its engineer employees for Engineers Week (Feb. 16 - 22, 2020). PSEG Long Island employs more than 140 people with an engineering job title or role, including Field Engineers, Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Project Engineers, Power Engineers, Resource Planning Engineers, Environmental Engineers, Industrial and Systems Engineers, Substation Engineers, Resource Planners, Lead Designers and more.

On Valentine’s Day, PSEG Long Island employees will share the love the same way they do every day of the year: Going above and beyond to do good in the community. Employees donate their time and effort on behalf of many charitable causes and activities each year across Long Island and the Rockaways. In 2019 alone, employees logged more than 30,000 service hours and participated in over 800 outreach events.

Working 16-hour shifts, PSEG Long Island crews have made significant progress restoring customers impacted by the strong winds and hazardous gusts. As of 9:30 p.m., 87% of customers affected have been restored. 

Strong winds and hazardous gusts caused significant damage in Nassau and Suffolk County, bringing down large branches and wires and affecting 13,944 of our 1.1 million customers. As of 4 p.m., more than 56% of customers affected have been restored.

PSEG Long Island is prepared for the strong winds forecasted for the service area today. The arriving storm is expected to bring light rain and peak wind gusts as high as 65 mph, which could cause outages.

With a recent uptick in the number of reported phone scam attempts, PSEG Long Island again urges residents and business owners to make themselves aware of the tactics scammers use to try to steal their money.  

Throughout the year, teams of PSEG Long Island employees visit the Interfaith Nutrition Network’s (INN) Mary Brennan Soup Kitchen in Hempstead to lend a helping hand in the community.

PSEG Long Island announced today it has launched a new mobile app that enables customers using Apple or Android devices to securely and easily manage electric accounts while on the go. The new mobile app is the most recent example of the company’s commitment to improving customer service through innovation and technology advancements.

Northport Daisy Troop 3658 from Norwood Avenue Elementary School made electric safety a priority at its first meeting of the year this year. The five- and six-year-olds were treated to Electric Safety Town, PSEG Long Island’s interactive presentation that teaches young people how to stay safe in potentially dangerous situations.  The girls were encouraged to ask and answer questions as the facilitator, Peter Hornick, a PSEG Long Island employee and also lifelong Northport resident/Norwood alumnus, taught them what to do in specific scenarios. 

In balancing its commitment to the consistent, safe delivery of power with its commitment to being a good environmental steward, PSEG Long Island has awarded Hailey Van Cott, a Suffolk County Girl Scout from Stony Brook, with a $200 donation towards her Girl Scout Gold Award project of improving the raptor facilities at Sweetbriar Nature Center.

PSEG Long Island’s Commercial Efficiency Program has saved corporate services company Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., nearly $700,000 on energy-efficient upgrades at its Heartland Industrial Park buildings in Brentwood over the past two years.

For National Cut Your Energy Costs Day, Jan. 10, 2020, PSEG Long Island proudly announces that business and residential customers throughout Long Island and the Rockaways have saved an estimated $280 million on their bills over the past six years by taking advantage of PSEG Long Island’s energy efficiency programs.

PSEG Long Island awarded Farmingdale’s Whiskey Down Diner with a $25,000 economic development grant from its Main Street Revitalization Program. The program offers financial incentives to local business owners for projects in a local business district that are expected to improve the economic stability and growth of a municipality.