PSEG Long Island Provides St. Francis Hospital for Animals
with Grants and Rebates at New Oakdale Location
(UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Jan. 20, 2026)
PSEG Long Island has given a $25,000
Main Street Revitalization grant under
its Business First program and thousands
of dollars in energy efficiency
rebates to St. Francis Hospital for
Animals. The veterinary hospital recently
relocated to a new building on
Montauk Highway in Oakdale, where it
created an energy-saving space and 17
new jobs.
The energy efficiency rebates, which
totaled more than $11,000, included 147
LED light fixtures and four heat pumps
– both ducted and mini split systems.
The hospital also qualified for PSEG
Long Island’s Vacant Space program,
which will provide electric bill credits
for the first year at the new location.
“PSEG Long Island provides rebates
for business owners that include environmentally
conscious measures when
they renovate space,” said Michael
Voltz, director of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy for PSEG Long Island.
“By making significant upgrades
in heating, cooling and lighting, St.
Francis Hospital for Animals reaped a
large reward and will continue to enjoy
the financial benefits into the future.
“With PSEG Long Island’s Business
First program, we help small and medium
sized business owners, like St. Francis
Hospital for Animals, by providing
grants, rebates and Business First Advocates
as personal concierge for busy
business owners,” said Veronica Isaac,
PSEG Long Island senior manager of
Economic Development. “We congratulate
St. Francis Hospital for Animals
on its lovely new facility to care for
our beloved pets. Small businesses are
the backbone of our community, and
we are proud to support the hospital’s
success.”
“Working with the economic
development team
at PSEG Long Island was
a game changer,” said Dr.
Keith Parendo, veterinarian
and owner of St. Francis
Hospital for Animals. “We
were able to take advantage
of energy efficiency rebates
for new equipment that was
installed, which paid us back
in two ways: the rebate check
that defrayed the cost of the
equipment and our lower operating
expenses going forward.
Both lighting and HVAC
Photo caption: Pictured (l-r) are: Linda Herman, Veronica Isaac,
Walter Hoefer, Michael Voltz and Alex Nyilas of PSEG Long Island’s
Economic Development and Energy Effi ciency departments with
Keith Parendo, veterinarian/owner of St. Francis Hospital for Animals.
[heating, ventilation and air
conditioning] equipment were eligible
for the rebates. Another huge benefit
was PSEG Long Island’s Main Street
Revitalization program that gave us a
large sum of our costs back
in a grant, which allowed for us to hire
new staff. Thank you, PSEG Long Island
for helping our small business continue
to grow!”
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