Empire
Zone Rates
For
businesses that are located within an Empire
Zone and have been awarded a New York State
Empire Zone Certificate, a transportation rate
discount may be available. Please refer to the
links on this page for information on the program
including an application form.
More information regarding the program is available
by contacting David Burke at 716-857-7355 or via
the contact
form.
Does your business qualify?
If your business is within an Empire Zone and
meets at least one of the following requirements,
a special gas rate discount is available:
- New
facility (minimal annual usage of 12,000 Ccf)
- Existing
facility purchased/leased and vacant
six months or more (minimal annual
usage of 12,000 Ccf)
- Expansion
of Existing Facility (Minimal annual incremental
usage of 6,000 Ccf)
The
application
for the Empire Zone Discount must be received
30 days prior to start up.
Empire
Zone Rate Discounts*
| Sales
Service Customers ($/Ccf) |
|
Years
1-3 |
Years
4-6 |
Years
7 -10 |
0.074 |
0.044 |
0.015 |
| Transportation
Service Customers ($/Ccf) |
| |
Years
1-3 |
Years
4-6 |
Years
7 -10 |
| TC-1.1
(50,000 - 249,999 Ccf) |
0.062 |
0.037 |
0.012 |
| TC-2
(250,000 - 549,999 Ccf) |
0.058 |
0.035 |
0.012 |
TC-3
(550,000 -1,499,999 Ccf) |
0.030 |
0.018 |
0.006 |
| TC-4
(1,500,000+ Ccf)
Industrial |
0.014 |
0.009 |
0.003 |
| TC-4.1
(1,500,000+ Ccf)
Non-Industrial |
0.019 |
0.011 |
0.004 |
*
Rates are as of August 2005
Commercial And
Industrial Empire Zone Rate Guidelines
NEW CUSTOMERS
Annual
Consumption
|
1st
Year
|
2nd
Year and After |
| Less
than 12,000
Ccf |
- No
discount - removed from program
|
|
| 12,000
Ccf and greater |
- When
the 12,000 Ccf consumption
requirement is achieved, the discount
rate will be
applied retroactively and to
all future volumes.
|
- All
consumption receives the discount rate
if the minimum of 12,000 Ccf continues
to be consumed for a term between 3 and
10 years depending on service classification.
|
EXISTING
CUSTOMERS
Annual
Consumption
|
1st
Year and After
|
| Less
than 30,000 Ccf |
- Normalized
Base Load (NBL) must be consumed prior
to the discount rate being applied.
- For
volumes greater than the NBL, the discount
rate applies.
- Minimum
Incremental Consumption (MIC) of 6,000
Ccf must be consumed to remain in the
program.
- If
the MIC is not achieved, the discount
rate will be discontinued.
|
| 30,000
- 60,000 Ccf |
- NBL
must be consumed prior to discount
rate being applied.
- For
volumes greater than the NBL, the discount
rate applies.
- MIC
of 20% of original NBL must be consumed
to remain in the program.
- If the MIC is not achieved, the discount
rate will be discontinued.
|
| Greater
than 60,000 Ccf |
- NBL
must be consumed prior to discount rate
being applied.
- For
volumes greater than the NBL, the discount
rate applies.
- MIC
of 12,000 Ccf must be consumed
to remain in the program.
- If
the MIC is not achieved, the discount
rate will be discontinued.
|
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