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10/15/2025
Avangrid Utility Companies Swiftly Restore Power to Thousands Following Nor’easter
Avangrid Utility Companies Swiftly Restore Power to Thousands Following Nor’easter
Avangrid Subsidiaries New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and United Illuminating (UI) responded quickly and efficiently to restore power to 30,000 customers
Photo: Storm damage in Lewisboro, NY
ORANGE, CT. — October 15, 2025 — Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the successful restoration of power to 30,000 customers affected by the recent Nor’easter. The storm caused widespread outages across Avangrid subsidiaries’ service areas in Connecticut and upstate New York. NYSEG and UI mobilized 550 line workers and support personnel that responded swiftly and safely to restore power to thousands of customers.
“We understand how vital reliable power is to our customers, especially during severe weather events”, said Avangrid CEO Jose Antonio Miranda. “Our Avangrid teams worked around the clock in challenging conditions to restore service as quickly and safely as possible. Their dedication, combined with strong coordination from local emergency management agencies, allowed us to bring power back to thousands of homes and businesses with remarkable speed.”
Initial field assessments revealed widespread damage caused by the Nor’easter, including downed trees and limbs, broken utility poles, and hazardous downed wires. NYSEG and UI storm response teams remained fully engaged throughout the event, working diligently to assess damage, secure dangerous areas, clear fallen tree debris from roadways, and restore power to affected customers. Their coordinated efforts helped ensure public safety and accelerate the restoration process across impacted communities.
Avangrid’s rapid restoration of power to thousands of customers following the recent Nor’easter storm was made possible by the Company’s continued investments in modernizing and hardening the electric grid. Advanced technologies such as automated switching, smart meters, and real-time monitoring systems enabled crews to quickly identify outages, isolate damage, and restore service efficiently. New Rapid Pole Replacement technology used in New York enabled the Company to restore service to customers two hours earlier than previously possible. These infrastructure upgrades have improved grid resilience, reduced restoration times, and reinforced Avangrid’s commitment to delivering reliable power in the face of increasingly severe weather events.
With more than 10.5 gigawatts (GW) of generation capacity, Avangrid continues to expand its energy portfolio investing heavily in U.S. energy infrastructure. The Company continues to invest in grid modernization to meet surging demand and enhance system resilience, reinforcing its role as a leader in America’s energy future.
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 23 states with approximately $48 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and power. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.4 million customers in New York and New England. Through its power generation business, Avangrid owns and operates 80 energy generation facilities across the United States producing 10.5 GW of power for over 3.1 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 2025 for the seventh 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.
