Eversource Energy is a publicly traded, Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts, with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity, natural gas service and water service to approximately 4 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
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Eversource Energy is New Hampshire's largest electric utility, serving more than 500,000 homes and businesses in 211 cities and towns throughout the state.
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Eversource Energy retained some of these assets by transferring them to a new subsidiary called Northeast Generation which functioned as a competitive supplier and sold the other assets entirely: WMECO's West Springfield Generating Station and several related hydroelectric and fossil fuel generating units were sold to Con Edison, while other assets were transferred to Northeast Generation.
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In June 2017 Eversource Energy announced its merger with Aquarion Water Company for $1.
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Eversource Energy has participated in a number of projects to improve the reliability of the power grid in southwest Connecticut.
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Eversource Energy has taken action to support the use of electric vehicles.
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Eversource Energy has switched much of its power source from coal to natural gas, wind, hydroelectricity and solar power.
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On July 26,2019, Eversource Energy announced that it was giving up Northern Pass after the New Hampshire Supreme Court rejected its appeal and sided with the SEC.
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In 2015, Eversource Energy fought the rooftop solar industry and supported anti-solar policies.
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Eversource Energy disclosed on its website politically related organization expenditures of $110,000 to the Democratic Governors Association in 2016, and payments made to trade associations that were used for lobbying or other political activities in excess of $135,000.
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On December 11,2017, the utility sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Environmental Defense Fund, demanding the group remove a report from its website that accused Eversource Energy of driving up electricity prices with its contracting practices for natural gas.
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