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The Long Island Lighting Company, or LILCo "lil-co" , was an electrical power company for Long Island, New York. LILCo is most famous for building the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant. In the end, in a decision based solely on evacuation plans, the plant operated only briefly and then was closed down and bought by Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). Hurricane Gloria hit Long Island on September 27, 1985, but power was not fully restored until October 8. The bitterness from the delays in restoring power helped bring down the Shoreham Plant and eventually helped force the sale of the company.* On March 5, 1998, final federal approval was received for LIPA to take over LILCo. The deal was completed later that year.
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