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{{#badges: CoalSwarm| Climate change}}'''Rochester Gas and Electric''' is a subsidiary of [[Energy East]] Corporation [NYSE:EAS], a super-regional energy services and delivery company in the Northeast. Rochester Gas and Electric serve 359,000 electricity customers and 296,000 natural gas customers in a nine-county region centered on the City of Rochester in upstate New York.<ref>[http://www.rge.com/OurCompany/News/news02202008.html "RG&E and The State Settle Dispute Regarding Russell Station"] Rochester Gas and Electric Press Release, February 20, 2008.</ref>

[[Russell Station]] (also known as Rochester 7 Station) is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Energy East near Rochester, New York. "In February, 2008 RG&E and the State of New York settled the state’s claim that the company made major upgrades to Russell Station in the mid-1980s without installing required pollution controls. RG&E says that modifications to the plant were merely routine maintenance and were therefore exempt from 'new source review' pollution control requirements. Under the terms of the settlement, RG&E will pay $500,000 to the New York State Research and Development Authority for Rochester-area energy efficiency or pollution reduction projects authorized by the state and $200,000 to the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)."<ref>[http://www.rge.com/OurCompany/News/news02202008.html "RG&E and The State Settle Dispute Regarding Russell Station"] Rochester Gas and Electric Press Release, February 20, 2008.</ref>