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Eversource
Serving 4.4 million customers across New England, Eversource is committed to providing safe, reliable, and sustainable electric, gas, and water services in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. With almost 45,000 miles of overhead and underground lines, and around 6500 miles of natural gas pipeline, Eversource is a collection of several businesses that have come together over the years to form New England’ s largest energy delivery company.
Working across more than 13,000 square miles, Eversource works hard to ensure a resilient electric system that delivers safe and reliable power. Trees are the top cause of power outages and public safety issues, for instance, so the company’ s robust vegetation management programs are designed to balance preservation and natural beauty with the need for safe and reliable power. In fact, Eversource was named a Tree Line USA utility by the Arbor Day Foundation for the second year in a row last year, reflecting its ongoing commitment to following best practices for tree care while delivering safe and reliable electricity.
While Eversource does everything possible to ensure a resilient electricity supply yearround, outages can occur when storms strike and damage essential equipment. Eversource’ s storm preparedness strategy centers around information; it begins with accurate predictions of where and how many outages will occur, which are used to shape the restoration response, and the electric
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