Commercial Energy Management in the Finger Lakes
Finger Lakes is RG&E territory inside NYISO Zone B — Genesee. RG&E delivers the power and maintains the wires whoever supplies it, so competitive supply carries no reliability consequence — only a lower price.
How Energy Buying Works in Finger Lakes
Rochester is served by RG&E, an Avangrid company, in NYISO Zone B — a distinct utility and a distinct zone from the National Grid territories on either side. The optics, imaging and precision manufacturing base left behind by Kodak and Bausch & Lomb produces clean-room and process load that is continuous and tightly temperature-controlled. Zone B prices sit near the low end of the state, close to Zone A, and well below anything downstate. RG&E's commercial schedules differ from National Grid's in their demand thresholds, which is where accounts in Rochester most often turn out to be misclassified.
New York opened to competition in 1998, but the terms are set territory by territory, not statewide. RG&E's distribution rates, its default supply price and its rate schedules are all set independently of the other utilities in New York — which is why an offer that is genuinely competitive in one part of the state can be mediocre here. Everything on this page is scoped to RG&E specifically.
RG&E Commercial Rates
Which schedule you are on sets the shape of the bill before a single kilowatt-hour is priced.
| Schedule | Typically covers |
|---|---|
| SC 2 — General Service | small commercial accounts |
| SC 8 — Large General Service | demand-metered commercial accounts |
| SC 3 — Primary Service | large facilities at primary voltage |
Schedule names, demand thresholds and eligibility rules change with each rate case, and the schedule an account was originally placed on is frequently no longer the one that fits it. We verify yours against the actual bill rather than assuming — that check is free, and it is where a meaningful share of the savings on this page comes from.
Energy Management by Industry in Finger Lakes
Optics and imaging, higher education, healthcare systems and food and beverage production dominate commercial load here. Each sector carries a different load shape on RG&E, and the strategy changes with it.
Manufacturing · concentrated here
Manufacturing facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 500,000+ kWh/month on a 24/7 baseload with peak production hours profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Manufacturing Energy in Finger Lakes →Healthcare · concentrated here
Healthcare facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 800,000+ kWh/month on a constant high load with minimal fluctuation profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Healthcare Energy in Finger Lakes →Education · concentrated here
Education facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 300,000-1,000,000 kWh/month on a academic calendar-driven fluctuations profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Education Energy in Finger Lakes →Retail
Retail facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 100,000-500,000 kWh/month on a high during business hours, lower overnight profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Retail Energy in Finger Lakes →Hospitality
Hospitality facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 200,000-700,000 kWh/month on a variable based on occupancy and season profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Hospitality Energy in Finger Lakes →Data Centers
Data Centers facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 2,000,000+ kWh/month on a consistent extreme baseload profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Data Centers Energy in Finger Lakes →Property Management
Property Management facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a business hours peak for commercial, evening for residential profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Property Management Energy in Finger Lakes →Food Service
Food Service facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 50,000-200,000 kWh/month on a meal period peaks with constant refrigeration baseload profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Food Service Energy in Finger Lakes →Warehouse & Logistics
Warehouse & Logistics facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 400,000-1,500,000 kWh/month on a 24/7 operations with shift-based peaks profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Warehouse & Logistics Energy in Finger Lakes →Automotive
Automotive facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 80,000-300,000 kWh/month on a business hours concentration with some 24/7 operations profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Automotive Energy in Finger Lakes →Municipal & Government
Municipal & Government facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a varies widely by facility type profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Municipal & Government Energy in Finger Lakes →Agriculture
Agriculture facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a highly seasonal with weather dependency profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Agriculture Energy in Finger Lakes →Technology
Technology facilities in the Finger Lakes typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a extended hours with always-on equipment profile, billed on RG&E commercial schedules.
Technology Energy in Finger Lakes →Cities in Finger Lakes
RG&E serves Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Livingston Counties.
Rochester, NY
An RG&E market with optics, healthcare and manufacturing load.
Rochester Energy Management →Other Utility Territories
Different utility, different rates. If your facilities span more than one of these, they need more than one strategy.
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New York City
Con Edison · NYISO Zone J
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Lower Hudson Valley
Con Edison · NYISO Zone I
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Western New York
National Grid · NYISO Zone A
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Central New York
National Grid · NYISO Zone C
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Capital Region
National Grid · NYISO Zone F
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