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New York: Prove the available service before requesting a price
Start with EIA: natural gas customer choice and eligibility. The table below links this decision to the represented gas companies in New York. It does not establish service or supplier availability for every account.
Authorization is only one gate
A regulator’s supplier approval and a utility’s accepted supplier or agent are different checks. A licensed company may decline a particular volume, credit profile or service class. Obtain written acceptance for the listed accounts.
Return service needs its own answer
Ask what happens if a supply agreement ends or an agent stops performing. Confirm the utility’s return conditions and start date; a supplier cancellation does not itself establish an accepted replacement enrollment.
New York utility application
| Gas service company | Classification and accepted enrollment | Primary reference |
|---|---|---|
| National Grid | Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms | Official program / tariff |
| NYSEG | Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms | Official program / tariff |
| National Fuel Gas Distribution / Reserve Gas | Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms | Official program / tariff |
| Con Edison | Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms | Official program / tariff |
| Con Edison / National Grid | Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms | Official program / tariff |
| National Fuel Gas Distribution | Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms | Official program / tariff |
| Rochester Gas & Electric | Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms | Official program / tariff |
| Orange & Rockland | Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms | Official program / tariff |
National Grid: the program detail behind this decision
New York DPS explains how to shop for an energy service company while utility delivery continues. The service territory, commodity and customer class must all match. A municipal electric provider or the residential Power to Choose display is not an executable commercial gas bid. Program New York.
Apply the evidence to an account file
Resolve Gas distribution company, commercial service class and ESCO participation first. The utility or accepted agent must confirm Contracting entity, authorization, enrollment timing and renewal terms. Retain that answer alongside the named accounts before requesting bids.
An enrollment file that can be handed to another reviewer
Build six fields before seeking a signature: legal gas company; commercial rate code; eligible service arrangement; regulator authorization where required; utility-active supplier or agent; and accepted account/start-date confirmation. Attach the source date and the person who answered each unresolved question. A directory entry belongs in the authorization field, not the accepted-enrollment field. If an account remains on bundled utility service, document that result instead of forcing the review to select a supplier.
Turn the review into a calculation
Plan notice and enrollment milestones. The planner uses your calendar-day inputs and does not send notices or confirm a utility enrollment date.
Read the New York utility guide for the wider service-company distinctions. Convert billed gas units using the bill’s heat-content factor when moving from volume to energy.
Sources and review notes
Reviewed October 16, 2026. Program information can change. Confirm the effective utility tariff, supplier availability and written offer before proceeding. Examples and planning tools are educational; they are not executable quotes or verified customer results.