Rochester Gas & Electric

Customer service building on East Ave & Main St

Rochester Gas and Electric is the utility company that services the Rochester area. It manages gas and electricity distribution throughout most of the Rochester area (Fairport is served by Fairport Electric).

Each of the independent energy providers, known as an Energy Service Company or "ESCO", operates through RG&E, which manages the delivery of the electricity or gas. RG&E provides the majority of the energy consumed in the Greater Rochester Area. See the Energy Service Company page for information about choices in selecting your energy supplier.

Energy East Corporation (- RG&E Page) currently owns RG&E.

Our Energy Supplies To Be Owned By Foreign Firm

In early Sep, 2008 the New York State Public Services Commission voted to authorize the acquisition of Energy East and its subsidiaries RG & E and NYSEG (NY State Electric & Gas) by Iberdrola S.A., a Spanish energy giant.

"... after the Energy East deal is complete, Iberdrola will have $20 billion worth of assets in the country, the company said. Energy East shareholders, as well as other states in which Energy East operates, already had approved the acquisition before New York regulators voted last week.


In May, the company said it would invest $8 billion in renewable energy in the United States from 2008 to 2010, doubling its wind-energy capacity ...


By the end of the first quarter of 2008, Iberdrola's U.S. wind farms totaled a capacity of 2.4 gigawatts. The company said it planned to increase the capacity to 3.6 gigawatts by the end of this year."

According to the D & C:

Area business leaders, who lobbied ardently for approval, expressed relief.

"Finally," said Dennis Mullen, chief executive of Greater Rochester Enterprise and soon-to-be upstate president of the Empire State Development Corp. "Iberdrola is in the forefront of renewable energy."

Rochester Business Alliance CEO Sandy Parker said Iberdrola would make a "significant economic investment" in the state and "will be, I think, a good partner."

During 2022, they moved out of their long standing corporate building and now occupy a few floors of 3 City Center.

See Rochester Environmental Issues for discussions on environmental impacts.

Notes and References

• Iberdola S.A. Acquistion of RG & E
  

• D & C PSC OKs Sale Of RG&E parent
  

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2008-05-15 10:35:55   RG&E and has the worst customer service of any organization I have ever done business with. I currently have 2 separate complaints with them now. If you get the chance, use ANYONE else to be your utility provider! —BadFish