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02/18/2025
Avangrid Companies in New York, Connecticut, and Maine Restore Power Following Winter Storm
Avangrid Companies in New York, Connecticut, and Maine Restore Power Following Winter Storm
Long-duration winter storm brought snow, ice, and strong winds to the northeast United States, impacting thousands
ORANGE, Conn. — February 18, 2025 — Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, and its subsidiaries in New York, Connecticut, and Maine worked to restore power to roughly 100,000 customers after a long-duration winter storm impacted the northeast United States over the weekend. Crews in all three states worked through freezing temperatures, strong winds, and icy conditions to ensure fast and safe power restoration for the thousands of residential customers and businesses impacted by the storm.
“Whether our customers are working from home, utilizing heat pumps, or operating a business, they depend on the electricity we deliver now more than ever before,” said Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra. “Fast, safe, and efficient power restoration remains our top priority, and I’m incredibly proud of the work our women and men do during these challenging weather conditions.”
As stronger and more frequent storms impact electric grid operations, Avangrid is making major investments in grid resilience and smart technology to reduce outages, improve response times, and protect against threats posed by flooding and extreme weather.
Avangrid companies have completed several reliability and grid improvement projects in the past six months, including the following:
- New York - RG&E Completes $23 Million Investment in New Substation in Sodus
- Connecticut - United Illuminating Unveils Connecticut’s First Substation Coastal Flood Wall, Enhancing Electric Reliability and Climate Change Resiliency
- Maine - New Substation Serving Central Maine Power Customers Energized in Biddeford
“Investing in a strong and modern energy grid will ensure we continue to meet the needs of our customers regardless of the weather,” Azagra continued. “The work we do to prepare the grid for storms happens every day, and our grid investment strategy will continue to be top of mind and our top priority.”
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Oregon, including operations in 24 states with approximately $47 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England and in 2024. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates more than 75 energy generation facilities across the United States producing over 9GW of power for over 2.2 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
