National grid is offering refund to folks who have lost power downstate. Upstate lost power because the water level was KEPT HIGH SO THEY COULD HAVE POWER DURING HURRICANE IRENE.....
does this sound like the junction?
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Emergency Economic and Community Redevelopment Program: Here with you. Here for you. National Grid has launched an Emergency Economic and Community Redevelopment Program, designed to provide assistance to communities and customers who need it now. The three-tier program is designed to complement funding allocated to communities and businesses through federal and state/city programs, insurance or other emergency sources. Program funding is available within the entire designated disaster area in National Grid's service areas on Long Island and in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, but is targeted to those gas customers, businesses, and communities most impacted by the hurricane and flooding. The program is designed to support vulnerable customers, encourage job retention in heavily impacted communities, and to promote installation of energy efficient equipment and systems. Tier 1: One-time bill credit For all eligible customers, National Grid will credit $150 to their natural gas bill. To be considered eligible, customer equipment must have been "tagged" indicating that a relight was necessary. Credit is to assist with repairs/and or replacement of damaged furnaces, boilers or water heaters. The credit is automatic and does require any action from customers. Tier 2: Customer assistance for HEAP-eligible customers In addition to the $150 bill credit, our most vulnerable customers receiving benefits under the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), may be able to receive additional assistance. Customers must have been previously approved for the 2011 and 2012 HEAP program. Customer equipment must have been "tagged" indicating that a relight was necessary. National Grid will reimburse licensed plumbers for each gas/gas equipment inspection, repair or replacement they complete related to Hurricane Sandy. Customers must call 1-800-MY-NGRID or 1-800-696-4743 to start the process. Expanded Customer Assistance Customers who are not HEAP eligible may still be eligible through Heartshare Human Services of New York. Eligibility is determined by household size and income. Customers must call 1-800-MY-NGRID or 1-800-696-4743 to start the process. Tier 3 Economic and Community Redevelopment Provides emergency grants of up to $250,000 to commercial, industrial and multi- family housing customers in the most heavily impacted areas, to help offset the costs of reconstructing buildings and restoring business activity. Eligible customers must have sustained physical damage to their facilities and must have lost natural gas service due to the storm and flooding. Program funds can be used for energy infrastructure repair and/or replacement, construction, renovation and rehabilitation of eligible buildings. Property owners whose buildings cannot be rehabilitated may apply for grant funds to construct a new building on the same site, or on another nearby site in the same neighborhood. Customers must show evidence of monetary need based on a funding gap after application of funds from all other sources, including insurance settlements and federal, state and local sources of disaster aid. Customer applications must be reviewed and endorsed by a state, regional or local economic development agency that is familiar with both the customer's application and National Grid's program requirements. Question: What if a home was declared uninhabitable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Is a homeowner still eligible for National Grid's assistance program? Answer: At this time, we are focused on providing assistance to customers who are able to remain in their homes, but have no heat or hot water. We are evaluating additional assistance programs to benefit even more customers, and will announce those plans when available. As we move forward, we will be exploring ways to assist our customers whose homes were destroyed. Community Information Centers (CIC) Our Community Information Centers (CICs) remain one of the best ways for customers to receive information and even initiate reconnects. We're working alongside other organizations including the Red Cross and local fire departments to provide basic needs and assistance. No appointments necessary - customers are encouraged to walk into any center where our community liaisons can answer questions about the power restoration and electrical certification process, review and accept electrical inspection certification, help coordinate the process of restoring power, and provide blankets and carbon monoxide detectors. Long Island Community Centers (7 a.m. - 7 p.m.) Island Park Village Hall: 127 Long Beach Rd. Oceanside Park: 3800 Mahlon Brower Dr. Cedar Creek Park: 3340 Merrick Rd., Seaford Rockaway Peninsula Community Centers (8 a.m. - 8 p.m.) Belle Harbor: Warming Center, St. Francis de Sales, 129-16 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Breezy Point: Fort Tilden Park, 1-199 Rockaway Pt Blvd. Far Rockaway: Battalion Pentecostal, Assembly 454, Beach 67th St. Rockaway: Waldbaum�s Shopping Center, 114 Beach Channel Dr. Rockaway Park: Beach 108th Street and Beach Channel Dr. Back to top Smell gas? Contact us as soon as possible. Brooklyn call: 718-643-4050
Queens and Staten Island and in the Rockaways Call: 718-643-4050 Do not smell gas but have no gas service Please contact us. Brooklyn call: 718-643-4050
Queens and Staten Island and in the Rockaways Call: 1-800-930-5003 Helpful resources Get local gas delivery rates National Weather Service National Hurricane Center Federal Emergency Management Agency
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...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
I must confess that I am having trouble grasping this, senders.
I feel that way about most of Sender's posts.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
was the same offered to schoharie/junction from the damage by Irene?.....
just heard report this AM on channel 13 that national grid was offering credits to those folks without power...I never received 'credit' for LACK OF SERVICE.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
That's because downstate is 'special'. Upstate is merely a holding pen for downstate's undesirables. The only reason they don't ship them to some otherstate altogether is because they can vote.
That's because downstate is 'special'. Upstate is merely a holding pen for downstate's undesirables. The only reason they don't ship them to some otherstate altogether is because they can vote.
box doesn't understand my posts because box assumes that everyone is a princes/prince/fairy/hobbit or other 'nice world' creatures....EXCEPT of course those who opted out of the pond....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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