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The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be above-normal, with up to ten hurricanes expected. Though rare in New England, storms can still cause major damage. Eversource emphasizes year-round preparedness through grid upgrades, vegetation management, and mutual aid partnerships, ensuring rapid response and power restoration when severe weather strikes.
After a long, cold winter in Connecticut, summer weather is finally here and the return of those warm temperatures has many people turning on the fans and cranking up the air conditioners again to help them stay cool. But even with electric rates dropping this summer, it’s important to remember that when the mercury climbs, […]
Even with electric rates dropping, Connecticut residents should expect higher summer bills due to increased energy use from air conditioning. Usage spikes, not just rates, drive costs up. Eversource encourages energy-saving habits—like adjusting thermostats, using appliances off-peak, and switching to LEDs—to stay cool while managing expenses. Efficiency programs and financial assistance are also available to help customers.
Marina Cenatiempo, a mother and office administrator, transformed her career from an administrative clerk at Eversource to a construction supervisor overseeing natural gas infrastructure projects. Starting as a construction technician, she helped pave the way for other women in similar roles. Cenatiempo’s dedication to career growth and family, alongside her passion for helping people, has driven her success in the industry.
Eversource’s accelerated natural gas pipe replacement program, removing cast iron pipes and adding more durable high-density plastic pipes, will provide reliability for customers, and once paid for, it will continue to deliver benefits for decades beyond when it is recovered through rates.
When storms cut power in other states Eversource crews from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire travel to help restore power and cell service for millions of people. The electric industry’s auxiliary repair network is a critical system that connects hundreds of utilities, providing highly skilled crews and specialized equipment from companies like Eversource to help speed restoration.
In a fall fire season unlike any in recent memory, command centers, firefighters and public safety officials from numerous cities and towns, and CT’s largest electric utility mobilized to aid in the fight.
Cities are embracing upgrades in community buildings such as lighting upgrades, HVAC system enhancements and weatherization measures, reducing energy consumption and costs, as well as making them more comfortable for residents.
New Eversource programs and grants are available to help businesses and communities become more energy efficient. Learn how Branford, Waterbury, and other CT towns have reduced electricity costs, saved money, and joined the battle to fight climate change.
interested multifamily owners and managers can gain access to customized solutions to retrofit their existing properties with energy efficiency upgrades, as well as incentives that will help to make those upgrades possible.
Eversource is investing in significant transmission grid infrastructure upgrades in the coming years to keep pace with rising electricity demand, electrification, and integrating the massive amounts of new clean energy sources slated to come online.
Eversource has made significant investments in innovation and a greener future, but without a stable regulatory landscape and secure cost-recovery mechanisms, the company may narrow its spending priorities to focus on maintaining the status quo.
The majority of Eversource customers will see two significant changes to their bills starting in July, neither of which relates to Eversource’s operations or profits.
