| An anchor and lighthouse are highlights at the Village of Mayville's Lakeside
Park. |
Welcome to the Village of Mayville Municipal Electric Department web page! Our
municipal system, which began operation in 1896, serves the Village of Mayville, located
at the northern tip of Chautauqua Lake, and a small portion of the surrounding Town of
Chautauqua. With a population of about 1,600, Mayville is the county seat for Chautauqua
County, one of Western New York’s most popular tourist destinations.
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| The Chautauqua Belle is anchored at Lakeside Park. |
By owning our own electric distribution system, we are able to offer our
customers low rates and personalized service. Our department staff members handle all
maintenance and billing responsibilities. The department operates entirely from its own
revenues and helps keep tax rates low by contributing payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to the
village’s General Fund. Since 1961, Mayville has purchased all of its electricity
from the New York Power Authority, at a cost of about 50 percent less than that charged by
other privately-owned utilities. In 1993, Mayville’s electric department installed a
computerized SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) system that allows load
management practices for additional cost savings.
While the well-known Chautauqua Institution is a neighbor, our biggest local industries
in Mayville are Ethan Allen, the furniture manufacturer, and Belknap Business Forms, a
printing firm. Most of our residents are employed locally, although Buffalo is about an
hour’s commute to the north.
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| The Village of Mayville's Lakeside Park |
Mayville has seen several improvements to its municipal infrastructure in recent
years. In 1994, our business district was renovated with new sidewalks and antique
lighting fixtures. More recently, with the merger of the Mayville and Chautauqua school
districts, work has begun on a new central school that will serve students from
pre-kindergarten through high school. Our electric department has provided a new
34.5-kilovolt line to serve the school building, which will open in the Fall of 2000.
Because of the school district improvements, housing sales in Mayville have been brisk.
Several large tracts of undeveloped acreage are available on the outskirts of the village,
although vacant land within the business district is limited. Still, you may want to
consider Mayville for your small firm or business.
| What the
Mayville Municipal Electric Department has to offer your company: |
| Location |
Route
17 (the future Interstate 86), known as the Southern Tier Expressway, is about five miles
south of Mayville. Interstate 90, the New York State Thruway, is about eight miles to our
north. The Village of Mayville is at the crossroads of state routes 430 and 394. |
| Tourism
Opportunities |
Chautauqua
County has approximately 80 miles of shoreline, including Lake Erie and Chautauqua Lake,
making water sports a significant attraction. Also, the Chautauqua Institution is a
well-known recreation and cultural center, with a Victorian village onsite that is listed
on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Real
Estate |
Some
land, mostly zoned residential, is available on the outskirts of the village. |
| Municipal
Services |
The
village clerk’s office, located at the corner of South Erie and West Chautauqua
streets, handles most of the municipal business in Mayville. A single telephone number,
716-753-2125, can be used for most problems or inquiries. The Department of Public Works,
716-753-2013, is responsible for buildings and grounds, parks and recreation, solid waste
and recycling as well as the village cemetery. |
| Competitive
Electric Rates |
Residential
– 4.1 cents per kilowatt-hour (kwh)
Small commercial – 5.4 cents per kwh
Large commercial – 3.3 cents per kwh
Large commercial (secondary) – 3.2 cents per kwh
Large non-commercial – 8.1 cents per kwh |
For more information about the Village of Mayville Municipal Electric
Department, contact:
 Charles Kelsey,
Village Clerk
3 South Erie Street
PO Box 188
Mayville, NY 14757
(716) 753-2125
mayville@madbbs.com
or visit our village website at:
http://www.madbbs.com/users/mayville
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