NEW YORK AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The
program provides grants for specific projects
in order to stimulate economic activity
and redevelopment in National Fuel’s
service area. To be approved for funding
by National Fuel, projects must be natural
gas-related and meet at least one of the
following criteria:
- Stimulate
investment in infrastructure for the development
or redevelopment of underutilized industrial
or commercial property, including but
not limited to brownfield sites or brownfield
opportunity areas.
- Create
new employment opportunities or higher
value employment opportunities.
- Provide
workforce training or retraining to assure
that higher value skills are available
in the workforce, when needed.
- Stimulate
the expenditure of private investment
in direct capital expenditures needed
to expand employment.
This
program was developed in conjunction with
the New York State Public Service Commission.
For a copy of the order approving this program,
click
here.
For
information on this program, contact Energy Services at 716-857-7776.
NEW YORK BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT RATES
A
transportation rate discount is available
for businesses, not in an Empire Zone, that
qualify and meet at least one of the following
requirements:
- New
facility (minimal annual usage of 24,000
Ccf)
- Existing
facility purchased/leased and vacant
6 months or more (minimal annual
usage of 24,000 Ccf)
- Expansion
of existing facility (minimal annual incremental
usage of 12,000 Ccf)
NEW YORK EMPIRE
ZONE RATES
A
transportation rate discount is available
for businesses within an Empire Zone that
have been awarded a New York State Empire
Zone Certificate and meet at least one of
the following requirements:
- New
facility (minimal annual usage of 12,000
Ccf)
- Existing
facility purchased/leased and vacant
6 months or more (minimal annual
usage of 12,000 Ccf)
- Expansion
of existing facility (minimal annual incremental
usage of 6,000 Ccf)
OTHER
RESOURCES
Offering
information on other Economic Development
Programs in western New York is the Buffalo
Niagara Enterprise. Visit www.buffaloniagara.org
to find out more about BNE and why "Life
Works" in Buffalo Niagara.
For additional resources to augment National
Fuel's Area Development Program, please
consider the following:
or
SBA's partners in entrepreneurship:
For more information,
please call the Buffalo District Office
of the U.S. Small Business Administration
at (716) 551-4301.
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