Community Benefits

National Grid’s Upstate New York service area includes more than 25,000 square miles and more than 1.7 million customers. It’s the place we’ve called home since our predecessor company, Niagara Hudson Power Corp., was founded nearly 100 years ago. It’s where thousands of our colleagues have chosen to set down roots and raise families. And, with the Upstate Upgrade, it’s where we will transform our energy system for the next century of New Yorkers.

Community Benefits

Learn more about how we support our customers in Central, Eastern and Western New York, what the Upstate Upgrade will mean for local businesses, our region’s shared long-term economic growth, and why our customers are excited for the future.

National Grid Upstate New York Facts

National Grid employs 5,900 people in Upstate New York, including more than 3,300 union-represented colleagues
Our 48,500 miles of distribution lines carry electricity to customer homes and businesses
Our 5,600 miles of transmission circuits connects power generators with our customers
National Grid supports our Upstate New York communities, paying more than $258.1 million annually in property taxes that fund schools, parks and community services
Our economic development programs have spurred more than $12 billion in investment in the Upstate economy since 2003
We invest $1 b annually to meet our customers’ growing needs and improve network reliability
We have connected more than 1,200 megawatts of solar energy to date, enough to power 190,000 single-family homes
Since 2018, we have hardened more than 140 substations to better protect the energy system from physical and weather-related threats