The NOAA's outlook falls in line with predictions issued by the noted Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team.

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Go figure. (See what industry experts, Bentek Energy, are forecasting for the northeast by 2017.) And if New York State got its act together and joined the party, it would happen even faster.

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