Avangrid utility companies RG&E and NYSEG have announced several steps to help protect consumers and their employees during the COVID-19 outbreak, such as suspending both inside meter readings and power shutoffs.  But Rochester-area consumer groups are saying more is needed.  ...

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Two local power companies and the state agency that regulates them caught fire from residents attending a rate hike hearing Tuesday afternoon.  Some people who attended the hearing held at Rochester’s City Hall by the New York State Public Service ...

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Hearings will be held Tuesday in downtown Rochester on rate increases being proposed by Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. and New York State Electric & Gas Corp. The hearings are scheduled for 1:30 and 6 p.m. in the City Council ...

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 A $10,000 grant from Avangrid Foundation, in partnership with Avangrid subsidiary Rochester Gas & Electric Corp., will pay to make some summer learning camps free at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. According to the RMSC, the grant will cover ...

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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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