electricity

The owners of a Binghamton electricity generating facility thought they had a buyer for the plant a few months ago but the sale wasn't completed.

A California company is planning to close an electricity generating facility in Binghamton less than three years after the plant was put back on line.

Some people in Endicott are reporting they have been getting threatening scam telephone calls.

New York state residents are being encouraged to take immediate action to lower electricity usage to protect the power grid.

Utility workers are busy in downtown Binghamton replacing underground electric cable lines. Crews from New York State Electric Gas and Matco Electric Corporation have been working on Court Street and other streets in recent days. NYSEG spokesman Bob Pass said the project involves replacing cable for a primary downtown circuit...

The steam that's rising from a 199-foot-tall stack in Binghamton's First Ward is a visible indication that a 47-megawatt electricity generating plant is back in business. California-based Wellhead Electric Company decided to repower the Charles Street facility, which was retired by its previous owner in February 2012...

A gas-fueled electricity generating facility in Binghamton's First Ward is about to be put back into service. The plant on Charles Street initially was built to provide energy support for the nearby Anitec production facility. A business unit owned by Wellhead Electric Company of California acquired the generating plant three years ago...

Thousands of NYSEG electric customers across New York State should be prepared for higher bills in April. The utility is warning customers that the bill for a "typical residential electricity customer" in April may be about 15 to 20 percent higher than last month's bill...

New York State Electric and Gas is urging customers to conserve energy as the hot, humid weather persists across the region. NYSEG officials say they don't anticipate any problems in meeting power needs. Utility president Mark Lynch says NYSEG is monitoring the weather and the stress it's placing on the electricity delivery system...