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06/27/2019

NEW TRELLISES ADDED TO RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CT

NEW TRELLISES ADDED TO RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CT

NEW TRELLISES ADDED TO RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF CT

Thanks to a very generous grant from the Avangrid Foundation, the Ronald McDonald House of CT has been able to complete the backyard shading trellises for our families to enjoy. The shading trellises provide our families an outdoor space where they can gather for meals, share conversation with other families and relax from the stresses and uncertainties that they face daily.

“The Avangrid Foundation is honored to be a small part of helping realize ‘the house that love built,’” said Nicole Licata Grant, Director.  “Our reach and commitment to help is both local and global, and here that happens in the most unconditional way in service of children and families.”

The shading trellises are the final detail in creating an enjoyable, home-like outdoor space for our families. Our backyard now has an outdoor patio with seating, BBQ grill, playground with handicap-accessible swings and family porch swing, green space to run, and of course, shade.

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.