As Quanta Services returned to court Wednesday seeking to stall the final award of LIPA’s grid management contract to PSEG, LIPA confirmed it has switched law firms to conduct an internal ethics probe after a now-fired senior official complained of improprieties in LIPA’s bidding practices.

The confluence of chaotic events follows months of turmoil at LIPA after its most senior officials spent a year reviewing candidates to take over management of the electric grid after PSEG Long Island’s contract expires Dec. 31. Despite a strong internal recommendation to award the contract to Quanta, LIPA’s board of mostly Gov. Kathy Hochul's appointees voted 6-0, with two abstentions, to reject Quanta, then to cancel the procurement altogether.

LIPA is now moving forward with an extension of PSEG’s

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