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Participation in Associations
Participation in Associations
Avangrid has strong governance, processes, and controls in place to ensure that contributions and association memberships are aligned with the company’s overall corporate governance, purpose, and values.
The company decides whether to participate in entities and associations based on how such a group could support our priorities, including advancing energy transition, and the fight against climate change. In 2023, Avangrid participated in more than 240 associations and alliances. Click here to see the list. *
Alignment with Paris Agreement
Avangrid discloses association memberships and alignment with Avangrid’s climate change policies and targets that are aligned with above mention Statement and Paris Agreement goal for associations where the fees, relevance and impact are material. The determination of materiality is based on an assessment of the facts and circumstances but will generally include annual fees more than $500,000 for purposes of this reporting requirement.
Climate Analysis of Trade Associations
* Institutions that received fees more than $500,00: American Clean Power, American Gas Association, Edson Electric Institute and Electric Power Research Institute. Only ACP, AGA, and EE are classified as trade & industry associations- 501(c)(6) Business Leagues.
* Associations & alliances: include membership associations and international and national advocacy institutions that Avangrid participated in 2023, as chambers of commerce, coalitions, forums, committees, research alliances, councils, and networking group. Overall, they are classified as 501(c)(6) Business Leagues, 501(c)(3) Public Charity, 501(c)(4) Civic Leagues and Social Welfare Organizations, 501(c)(3) Private Non-Operating Foundation, among others.
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 25 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 seven 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 more than 80 energy generation facilities across the United States producing more than 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.
