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Information on when you, your patterns. what about cost? what if it saves you money. >> actually, the only way anyone can save money is by changing your personal behavior patterns. if i choose to use my electricity less then i can conserve energy. the city was -- the city is trying to say this will conserve energy by giving them more information so they can try and decide whether they will use electricity. >> let me read a statement, we contacted the electric company. they said, our utility has had the legal authority to select equipment that fulfills the mission of providing electric service ...

And how cities weather storms. >> the most important thing in the aftermath of the storm was to get people electricity back. once you have electricity you begin the recovery process. people would say we're ready to begin rebuilding. we'd like to get to work but we can't do anything until we have electricity. getting electricity back to homeowners to buildings, residents was the most important task. most of coned restored power in its area. lipa which handles rockaways and long island is lagging behind. >> let's put this in the larger context. we had an incredibly violent storm, once in 100 yea...

Fast much of the faufr infrastructure's up and running. >> there are significant portions of the city and the president will see them today on staten island that have not recovered somewhere people were cleaning out basements and throwing waterlogged furniture to get carted away, people lost home, in some cases friends, relatives, neighbors, their lives. manhattan, things are relatively back to normal. bronx never hard hit. there are certainly parts of brooklyn and queens and staten island still really suffering. and the city's job remains trying to help those folks get back what they've lost....

And the devastation here there is not enough words to describe it i myself, as a u.s. congressman, i feel like i should be doing more and putting pressure on the mayor's office and con ed, you name it. it is a lengthy process and i feel it should have gone smoother and more coordination, but what elsey can i say? >> there is a lot of finger pointing and fireworks are -- many folks don't have answers when they feel so vulnerable. >> communication is lacking tremendously and as of a day or two ago, we had a meet talked about getting the word out and going door to door with fliers and telling peo...

Discouraged that they can't get through on phone lines. no one has shine on their streets. it is cold. they don't have power or water. what's the frustration level like? >> people are somewhat moving from the deconstruction phase to the desire for a reconstruction phase. they want to put their lives back together. the help is not forthcoming. the biggest disappointment for me has been through con-ed. i have 10,000 people in the beachfront communities that were hit the hardest and they had 100 inspectors going door to door. when is that going to be done? i lost it yesterday. i said i can't beli...