The state's request for information last week noted that generation projects under consideration can only be located north and west of the lower Hudson Valley.
The conviction comes as Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney launches an enforcement initiative called Everblue, working with local and state agencies to prosecute illegal fishing.
Vineyard owners alter some planting and harvest schedules, fishermen shift work to make up for a lack of scallops and lobsters, and utility workers gear up for more grid hardening.
In a budget to be presented at a LIPA board meeting Wednesday, the utility is proposing 2025 average bills of just under $194 a month, compared with an average of $186.71 this year.