Long Island Lighting Company

Long Island Lighting Company
IndustryElectric utility
FoundedLong Island, New York (1911) by Ellis Laurimore Phillips & George W. Olmsted
Defunct1998
FateElectrical transmission network acquired by LIPA, electrical distribution system and natural gas operations merged with Brooklyn Union Gas to form KeySpan
SuccessorLong Island Power Authority, KeySpan
HeadquartersHicksville, New York, United States[1]
Key people
W. J. Catacosinos, Chairman & CEO,
J. T. Flynn, President & COO,
A. Nozzolillo Sr. VP-Finance & CFO,
T. A. Babcock, Treasurer,
K. A. Marion, Corporate Secretary
ProductsElectrical & natural gas utility[1] in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties, on Long Island, New York[1]

The Long Island Lighting Company, or LILCO ("lil-co"), was an electrical power company and natural gas utility for Long Island, New York, serving 2.7 million people in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens counties,[1] from 1911 until 1998.