WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. By John F. Bailey. July 26, 2006: Nancy Fisher of Assemblywoman Amy Paulin's office told WPCNR moments ago that the Assemblywoman Paulin attended Monday afternoon's hearing on the Con Edison outages and demanded that Con Edison answer the following:

Fisher said "The issues Assemblywoman Paulin raised with Con Edison were  (what were their) plans and  adequate funding for capital improvements and infrastructure, adequate staffing during periods of expected over usage and emergencies, both weather-related and internal (that means storm related damage and equipment failure), (the state of) availability of backup supplies and response time ...in other words how far they have to go to get a new transformer, do they have it in stock, and the appropriateness of the priority system, which is what you are talking about...who gets the utility crews first."

Fisher, asked if Ms. Paulin had a reaction to Con Edison's "clarification" yesterday they would not pay food spoilage refunds to Westchester residents who lost power due to storm damage, Fisher said she would ask Ms. Paulin about that. Fisher said it was unclear whether Ms. Paulin was aware of that at the hearing.