Lagoner Farms in Williamson, Wayne County, has earned a $15,497 grant from Rochester Gas and Electric to upgrade electrical service and capacity for its continuing expansion. The fifth-generation farm business sells fresh produce at farmers markets and its own farm ...

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U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are putting New York power companies on the hot seat. The senators sent a letter Tuesday to the president and CEO of New York State Electric and Gas and of Rochester Gas ...

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Approximately 3,230 customers in the Rochester area remained without power Friday morning as thousands of utility repair crews continued to work on restoring power. A windstorm on Wednesday with gusts exceeding 60 miles per hour had knocked power out to ...

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Owing to gusting winds as high as 60 miles per hour, Monroe Count Executive Cheryl Dinolfo declared a state of emergency Wednesday afternoon, banning commercial traffic in high-profile vehicles until 8 p.m. Those tall vehicles are particularly susceptible to tipping ...

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Avangrid likely will face millions of dollars in state fines as a result of its utilities failing to follow their own emergency plans during the crippling windstorm of March 2017. At the peak of the crisis, more than 170,000 customers ...

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More than 30,000 electrical customers across the state and 1,250 in the Rochester area are without power as a result of wind and rain storms, according to a statement by Avangrid, the parent company of RG&E and New York State ...

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