The Full Story
More Than Eight Decades of Keeping Upstate New York Warm
Where Service Counts — and always has.
Where It All Began
In 1945, Frank J. Long started something that would outlast a single generation, a single decade, and a single office on the side of a road in Upstate New York. What he built wasn't just a fuel company — it was a commitment to the people and communities of this region. A handshake, a full tank, and a promise that when the temperature dropped, someone would show up.
Those early days were simpler in some ways. One truck. One crew. Customers you knew by name because you grew up on the same street. But the core of what Long Energy was built on — honest work, reliable service, and genuine care for the people we served — was already fully formed.
The photo above is a snapshot of those roots. A reminder of where this all started and the foundation that everything since has been built on.
The Same Values. A Much Bigger Footprint.
A lot has changed since 1945. Our fleet is modern. Our technology has evolved. The services we offer — heating oil, propane, Bioheat® fuel, HVAC installation and repair, plumbing, generators, and more — go well beyond what Frank Long could have imagined when he made those first deliveries.
What hasn't changed is who we are.
Long Energy is still a family business. Robert Jr., Chris, and Roger Livingston represent the third generation to carry this company forward, and the values instilled by the family that came before them are still at work every single day — in every delivery, every service call, every conversation with a customer.
Today, Long Energy operates five offices across the region — in Hadley, Ghent, Schenectady, Ravena, and Schuylerville, NY — serving thousands of residential and commercial customers across Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene, Schoharie, Fulton, Montgomery, Warren, and Washington Counties.
That reach took decades to build. It grew because customers trusted us — and told their neighbors.
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Not a National Chain. Your Neighbors.
There's no corporate call center when you dial Long Energy. There's no algorithm deciding when your delivery gets scheduled. There's a local team — people who live in the same towns, drive the same roads, and deal with the same brutal Upstate winters you do.
We know what it means when your heat goes out at midnight in January. We know what it means for a family to budget carefully through a long heating season. And we know that the only way to earn loyalty over eight decades is to actually deserve it, every single time.
That's why our tagline has never needed to change.
Where Service Counts.
It was true in 1945. It's true today. And it's the standard we hold ourselves to every day — across five offices, a region-wide delivery fleet, and a team of certified technicians who take real pride in the work they do.
Become a Long Energy CustomerWhether you need heating oil, propane, HVAC service, or just want to know your options — we're here. Five offices. One standard. Where Service Counts.