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{{#Show badges: | CoalSwarm| Climate change}}'''Rochester Gas and Electric''' (RG&E) is a subsidiary of [[Energy East]] Corporation, a super-regional energy services and delivery company in the Northeast. RG&E serves 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> In September 2008 RG&E and New York State Electric & Gas were acquired by the Spanish company [[Iberdrola]] S.A. for $4.6 billion, as part of its acquisition of Energy East.<ref>[http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/04/psc-oks-sale-of-rges-parent-energy-east-to-iberdrola/ "PSC OKs sale of RG&E's parent, Energy East, to Iberdrola"] Wind Watch: Industrial Wind Energy News, September 4, 2008.</ref>