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Orange: Avangrid Inc. Honored For Health And Safety Practices
AVANGRID becomes the first energy company to receive the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL Building Institute. Rating for two of its locations recognizes AVANGRID’s ongoing efforts to support healthy office workspaces and supports safer re-entry following COVID-19 AVANGRID, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company, has become the first energy company to … Read more
UI Steps Up Preparations as Christmas Eve Storm Approaches
United Illuminating (UI) has brought in additional line and tree crews and mobilized employees to work over the holiday weekend in advance of a rain and wind storm expected overnight tonight. Forecasts call for rain and potentially damaging winds starting tonight, and intensifying into early morning hours on Friday. Gusts could reach 60 mph, powerful … Read more
UI Issues Holiday Weather Advisory
Preparations underway for wind and rain storm forecast for Thursday night and Friday morning United Illuminating is monitoring forecasts and making preparations ahead of a wind and rain storm that has the potential to cause service interruptions over the Christmas holiday. The storm is expected to bring rain and strong, gusty winds picking up on Thursday … Read more
UI Made Strides At The Worst Of Times
On Tuesday, United Illuminating announced that nearly all customers impacted by Tropical Storm Isaias have been restored, with fewer than 50 scattered outages remaining due to issues affecting single services. Crews will continue to make repairs and conduct full patrols of the system throughout UI’s service territory to inspect work and make additional repairs as necessary. As this work is completed, the company cautions that some customers may experience intermittent and temporary outages. … Read more
UI Expands Restoration Team to 1,000 Personnel
Work continues through the weekend United Illuminating announced it has restored service to more than 100,000customers impacted by Tropical Storm Isaias, and is on track to substantially complete restoration for its remaining impacted customers by Monday. As of 3:15 on Saturday, Orange still had 497 customers without power, that’s 7.73%. As of noon Saturday, the company increased its field presence to 1,000 from approximately 800 personnel who were working on restoration activities on Friday. “We are continuing to identify and bring in … Read more