News

National Grid’s field force of more than 3,200 workers continues to battle challenging weather conditions as they restore power to customers impacted by the destructive Upstate New York winter storm that began Wednesday.

National Grid is preparing for today’s shift from spring-like conditions to winter weather by increasing staffing and extending work shifts through Thursday.

National Grid issued the following statement today about the proposed Central Adirondack Microgrid Project

This Engineers Week, National Grid Ventures (NGV) is preparing more than 100 area students for career pathways in energy. Students from grades 9 through 12 and continuing education programs are taking part in on-site tours at the company’s Port Jefferson, E.F.

During National Engineers Week, Community Offshore Wind funded field trips for 65 students from disadvantaged communities in Brooklyn and Long Island to science museums

The Brooklyn Nets/Barclays Center and National Grid are working together to make local communities greener.

National Grid is supporting revitalization and growth in Western New York by providing more than $1 million in economic development grants to regional businesses that are redeveloping brownfield sites and historic buildings, repurposing abandoned and dilapidated properties, turning vacant stores into affordable housing units, renovating space to create a permanent home for a nonprofit organization, and more.

CBS 6 Albany Reporter Tom Eschen recently toured Adirondack Beverage in Schenectady, NY where a recent expansion has added jobs and infrastructure to the area.