County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency - Utilities

Broadband

Broadband For All - New York State is investing $500M into a new Broadband Program that provides funding for high-speed internet access to unserved areas across the state. The New NY Broadband Program has made significant progress toward achieving its nation-leading goal of broadband for all. By the end of 2018, 97% of New Yorkers will have the broadband access required to succeed in a 21st century economy.

Energy Utilities

New Yorkers have the opportunity to shop for their electricity provider. The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) started by ‘unbundling’ your energy bill, separating charges for delivering energy to your home or business from charges for the energy itself.

It’s in the energy, or commodity, charges that you can choose an alternate provider. Alternate electric providers, known as Energy Service Companies, or ESCOs, in New York, compete for you business in most utility areas, including National Grid & New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG).

In New York, each utility continues to offer what is called ‘default service,’ or service to customers who have never shopped for an energy provider. This default service serves as a benchmark for pricing in the market.

Chautauqua County has multiple municipally owned power providers which supply a less expensive alternative compared to those connected to the grid. Municipal power providers are located in Brocton, Westfield, and the largest is in Jamestown.The City of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities' Electric Generating Station is one of the oldest and most successful municipal power plants in the country. In addition, the Jamestown BPU is the largest of 47 municipally-owned and operated utilities in New York State.

To learn more about the rates from National Grid, please click here.
To learn more about rates from New York State Electric & Gas, please click here.

We at County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency are updating the information on this page. Check back soon!

* Best efforts, no guaranteed speed.

Consumer

Down

Business

All Broadband

Yes

1000

Yes

Providers (25)

	Consumer	Down	Up	Business
Allied Telecom Group, LLC	No	0	0	Yes
Cellco Partnership	Yes	25	4	Yes
Charter Communications	Yes	1000	35	Yes
Chautauqua & Erie Telephone Corporation	Yes	1000	1000	Yes
DFT Communications	Yes	100	10	No
DFT Communications	Yes	500	150	No
DFT Local Service Corporation	Yes	1000	1000	Yes
EagleZip.com LLC	Yes	50	10	Yes
EarthLink Business, LLC	No	0	0	Yes
FirstLight Fiber, Inc.	No	0	0	Yes
GCI Communication Corp.	No	0	0	Yes
HNS License Sub, LLC	Yes	50	5	Yes
Level 3 Communications, LLC	No	0	0	Yes
PAETEC Communications, Inc.	No	0	0	Yes
SpaceX	Yes	100	10	Yes
Spectrotel, Inc.	No	0	0	Yes
TailWind Voice & Data, Inc.	No	0	0	Yes
T-Mobile USA, Inc.	Yes	25	3	Yes
TRANSWAVE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS	No	0	0	Yes
Verizon Business Global LLC dba Verizon Business	No	0	0	Yes
Verizon New York Inc.	Yes	15	1	Yes
ViaSat, Inc.	Yes	100	3	Yes
Windstream New York, Inc.	Yes	1000	1000	Yes
XO Communications Services, LLC	No	0	0	Yes
Zito West Holding LLC	Yes	1000	25	No

Technologies (10)

	Consumer	Down	Up	Business
ADSL2, ADSL2+	Yes	100	10	Yes
Asymmetric xDSL	Yes	15	12	Yes
Cable Modem – DOCSIS 3.0	No	0	0	Yes
Cable Modem – DOCSIS 3.1	Yes	1000	35	Yes
Cable Modem other than DOCSIS 1, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, or 3.1	No	0	0	Yes
Optical Carrier / Fiber to the end user	Yes	1000	1000	Yes
Other Copper Wireline	No	0	0	Yes
Satellite	Yes	100	10	Yes
Terrestrial Fixed Wireless	Yes	200	100	Yes
VDSL	Yes	300	300	Yes

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Natural gas prices are only available at the state level. Prices are average prices for the reporting period. EIA does not maintain data on the service territory of natural gas utilities.

Natural Gas Data (Price Per Thousand Cubic Feet)

State	Commercial		Residential		Industrial
	Cost	12m Avg	Cost	12m Avg	Cost	12m Avg
New York	$10.79	$8.98	$14.55	$17.98	$13.20	$9.95