Tell Us: Replace LIPA with Private Company?

That's a state commission's recommendation: What do you think?

Posted Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:53 am ET|Updated Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 5:55 am ET

We posed a simple question on our Facebook page on Monday:

Do you agree?

We got a lot of responses, like this one from Barry Nisman:

"If a fat pigeon lands on a wire and hiccups, we're without power for 4 days."

And this from Rick Ferrari:

"Lets see what other companies offer...has LIPA been all that we expected when the going gets tough? ...NOT."

What do you think? Tell us in the comments below here.

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