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National Grid wants customers to be ready for summer before the heat and humidity set in.

Flooding has been identified as one of the greatest vulnerabilities to our transmission and distribution substations as per our Climate Change Vulnerability Study.

National Grid celebrated Earth Day at the Riverhead LIRR train station and Riverhead Salvation Army with 60 employee volunteers who gave the properties a much-needed refresh. Volunteers planted over 200 plants and three trees at the train station and Salvation Army.

National Grid’s line, tree, and public safety specialists have been working through challenging conditions as they clean up extensive debris, repair damaged equipment and restore power to customers across the Mohawk Valley and Central New York after a severe thunderstorm tore through the region Tuesday evening.

One of the six 115,000-volt vacuum circuit breaker (VCB) installation pilot projects has been successfully completed in Cortland, New York, and more are on the way.

ALBANY, NY – National Grid today filed a joint proposal — reached with Department of Public Service Staff, IBEW Local 97 and other parties representing a broad perspective of interests — that outlines a three-year electricity and natural gas delivery rate plan for the company’s Upstate New York customers.

WALTHAM, MA – April is designated as National Safe Digging Month, and National Grid urges anyone planning on digging to call 811 to prevent damage to underground utilities.

More than 2,000 line, service, tree, damage assessment and public safety workers are active across National Grid’s Upstate New York service area after severe thunderstorms — with wind gusts up to 72 mph in some areas — blanketed the region Sunday evening.