Avangrid Utilities Prepare for Potential Impacts from Winter Storm Fern

Potential severe weather including extreme cold and snow forecasted across Northeast region

Avangrid’s major grid investments continue to strengthen system for enhanced storm response and recovery

ORANGE, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced that its utility companies, New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E), Central Maine Power (CMP) and United Illuminating (UI), continue to monitor and prepare for the potential impacts of severe winter weather, including frigid cold, expected across the Northeast this weekend.

“Avangrid continues to make significant investments toward strengthening and modernizing the grid, which puts our utility companies in a better position to prepare for and respond to severe weather events,” said Avangrid CEO Jose Antonio Miranda. “As we continue monitoring the weather patterns and likely track of Winter Storm Fern, Avangrid personnel will be ready to respond as needed to any impacts in the communities we serve.”

In advance of the storm, Avangrid’s storm readiness crews are monitoring weather forecasts, planning, readying equipment, and mobilizing employees for storm duty. Crews will be strategically positioned and staffed around the clock to help restore service should outages occur.

Avangrid’s preparation builds on significant investments made throughout 2025 to improve system resilience. Last year, Avangrid’s utility companies installed over 650 smart devices on the grid and replaced 24,000 utility poles. Smart devices provide energy control centers with live readings of the grid, letting operators remotely respond to outages and restore service in as little as five minutes. Many utility poles in Avangrid’s service territory across the Northeast are decades old, making the grid more vulnerable to storm damage and outages. Replacing these aging poles is critical to improving resiliency and energy reliability as extreme weather events become more frequent and severe.

Avangrid stands ready to move forward with the next wave of critical infrastructure investments that are essential to maintaining reliability and meeting the region’s growing energy demands, subject to approval from relevant state regulatory entities. Pending regulatory approval, Avangrid’s investments will help keep the lights on for millions of families across the northeast while advancing economic development, creating jobs, and building prosperous communities.

About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, and Oregon, including operations in 23 states with approximately $48 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and power. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.4 million customers in New York and New England. Through its power generation business, Avangrid owns and operates 80 energy generation facilities across the United States producing 10.5 GW of power for over 3.1 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens – in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2025 for the seventh consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit http://www.avangrid.com. 

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