Would you like natural gas service at your home or business?

Croton’s Sustainability Committee is taking a survey to assess interest and feasibility for extending natural gas lines into parts of Croton lacking gas service. At present, about 2/3 of Croton has gas service, but 1,079 premises (i.e., homes or businesses) do not. Take the survey at http://sustain-croton.org.

Both Con Edison and New York State are now providing incentives to install new gas lines and gas-fired boilers and furnaces. If enough people on a street would like gas, the cost to install the new lines could be minimal (or zero).

Gas is cleaner than fuel oil, cuts climate impact by about 1/3, and reduces fuel costs by 25-40%, depending on the price of oil. Converting a heating system to use gas also allows elimination of a home’s underground oil tank which (if it leaks) may create a serious and expensive environmental cleanup problem.

To evaluate this option, the Committee needs to map out existing gas lines (Con Ed is not allowed to share that data) and locate those home and business owners that might want gas service brought to them. Even if you already have gas, or don’t want it, please fill out the short survey at http://sustain-croton.org.

Responses may be made anonymously, and no commitment is made by filling out the survey. All information will be kept confidential and under supervision by the Croton Village Board. Thank you!

To contact the Sustainability Committee, email to Sustainability@crotononhudson-ny.gov.