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National Grid customers across the company’s service area will set their clocks, watches, and devices back one hour this weekend to coincide with the end of daylight saving time, which occurs at 2 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 5. The occasion is also an opportunity to change batteries in carbon monoxide detectors and smoke alarms, and review some simple home safety tips.

National Grid is reminding Western New York businesses that its Manufacturing Productivity Program can provide financial assistance and tremendous long-term value to companies looking to increase sales and productivity.

The United Veterans Beacon House hosted their Veterans Salute Gala and one of the veterans honored in the Red Carpet Salute was Valley Stream resident Cpt. Lissette Lugo, US Air National Guard and a National Grid Compliance Manager. National Grid received the Community Partnership award.

RWE and National Grid Ventures’ joint venture in the New York Bight, Community Offshore Wind, successful in NYSERDA’s third offshore wind solicitation with a provisional offtake award of 1.3 GW for new offshore wind capacity to power at least 500,000 U.S. households.

WALTHAM, MA and BROOKLYN, NY – National Grid has been awarded a $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a project that will deploy digital technology to optimize the use of distributed energy resources (DERs) to improve electric system reliability and resilience.

WALTHAM, MA and BROOKLYN, NY – National Grid today is announcing the kickoff of a landmark study to support the electrification of commercial fleets, mapping out truck charging needs across nearly 3,000 miles of major highways in the U.S. Northeast. Funded by a $1.2 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the two-year effort to build a Northeast Freight Corridors Charging Plan will focus on highways with heavy trucking traffic, including I-95 and I-90, and areas with commercial activity, like the Port of New York and New Jersey.

National Grid today released winter bill forecasts for customers in New York City and on Long Island.

While prices for everything from groceries to housing continue to increase, National Grid is forecasting some good news for its customers: based on current market conditions, residential natural gas heating bills are expected to decrease by more than 18% for the 2023-24 winter heating season.