LIPA President and CEO Kevin LawLong Island needs to rethink the way that its energy is produced and consumed, according to Long Island Power Authority President and CEO Kevin Law.

Speaking at the Long Island Regional Planning Board on Tuesday, Law called on local governments, civic and business groups, environmentalists and ratepayers to work together to set island's energy priorities, according to Newsday.

LIPA released its first such master plan for Long Island in 2004, which included the now-abandoned plan to build a wind-energy farm off Jones Beach. But concerns about electric rates and Gov. Eliot Spitzer's call for a 15 percent statewide reduction in energy use by 2015 means that sweeping changes are needed.

Law also stated that decreased energy usage represents ratepayers' best hope for bill reductions in the foreseeable future.