An acting state Supreme Court judge on Monday rejected as "moot" a request by Quanta Services for a temporary order blocking LIPA’s awarding a service-contract extension to PSEG Long Island.

The decision by acting state Supreme Court Justice Philippe Solages is the latest chapter in LIPA’s controversial bid process begun in May 2024 to award the lucrative contract to operate the electrical grid to an outside provider. Quanta has sued LIPA in state court, challenging LIPA’s decision as "unlawful," amid state and internal LIPA investigations into LIPA’s conduct of the procurement.

Quanta and LIPA didn’t immediately provide statements in response to Solage’s ruling, which tosses the request for a temporary order to block the award to PSEG, not Quanta’s broader Article 78 filing, which quest

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