Corning Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the natural gas and electric distribution business.
The company’s subsidiaries include Corning Natural Gas Corporation (Corning Gas or the Gas Company), Pike (Pike County Light & Power Company) and the Leatherstocking Companies (Leatherstocking Gas Company, LLC and Leatherstocking Pipeline Company, LLC).
Corning Gas serves approximately 15,000 residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers in the Corning, Hammondspor...
Corning Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the natural gas and electric distribution business.
The company’s subsidiaries include Corning Natural Gas Corporation (Corning Gas or the Gas Company), Pike (Pike County Light & Power Company) and the Leatherstocking Companies (Leatherstocking Gas Company, LLC and Leatherstocking Pipeline Company, LLC).
Corning Gas serves approximately 15,000 residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers in the Corning, Hammondsport and Virgil, New York, areas and two other gas utilities, which serve the Elmira and Bath, New York areas. It is franchised to supply gas service in all the political subdivisions in which it operates. The Gas Company is under the jurisdiction of the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC), which oversees and sets rates for New York gas distribution companies. In addition, the Gas Company has contracts with Corning Incorporated and Woodhull Municipal Gas Company, a small local utility, to provide maintenance service on their gas lines.
Pike is an electric and gas utility regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PAPUC). Pike provides electric service to approximately 4,900 customers in the Townships of Westfall, Milford, the northern part of Dingman, and in the Boroughs of Milford and Matamoras. Pike provides natural gas service to 1,300 customers in Westfall Township and the Borough of Matamoras. All these communities are located in Pike County, Pennsylvania.
Additionally, Leatherstocking Gas is also regulated by the PAPUC and distributes gas in Susquehanna and Bradford counties, Pennsylvania. Leatherstocking Pipeline, an unregulated company, has served one customer in Lawton, Pennsylvania. Leatherstocking NY has an application pending before the NYPSC for authority to provide gas distribution services in Broome County, New York.
Gas and Electric Supply
Corning Gas has contracted with various sources to provide natural gas to the company’s distribution system. The Gas Company contracts for pipeline capacity, as well as storage capacity of approximately 736,000 dekatherms. The company manages its transportation and storage capacity with internal resources. Pike has contracted with Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. to provide electricity and natural gas according to agreements until August 2022, subject to renewal. Leatherstocking Gas has a supply agreement with Cabot Oil and Gas that expires in August of 2026.
Corning Gas secured the NYPSC-required fixed price and storage gas supply for the 2021-2022 winter season and is managing its storage and gas supply contracts following its gas supply and acquisition plan.
Customers
The Gas Company has three major customers, Corning Incorporated, New York State Electric & Gas, and Bath Electric, Gas & Water Systems. In total, these customers accounted for approximately 14.98% of the Gas Company’s revenues in the year ended September 30, 2021.
Seasonality
The company’s business is seasonal in nature, and sales for each quarter (year ended September 2021) of the year vary and are not comparable. Sales vary depending on seasonal variations in temperature. Gas sales peak in the winter, while Pike’s electric sales peak in the summer.
History
Corning Energy Corporation was founded in 1904. The company was incorporated in New York in 1904.