NSTAR Receives Award for Helping Super Storm Sandy Victims

NSTAR received a national honorfor its efforts to assist otherutilities in the massive restoration following Superstorm Sandy.

The Edison Electric Institute’s Emergency Assistance Award was presented Thursday to Northeast Utilities, NSTAR’s parent company, in recognition of the
extraordinary work by NSTAR and other Northeast Utilities crews to restore electric service to areas that had been disrupted by the devastating weather conditions.

Close to 400,000 NSTAR customers lost service due to the powerful Superstorm at the end of October. Once restoration work for their own customers was completed, NSTAR crew members joined other Northeast Utilities employees in working around-the-clock to assist in the massive rebuilding and power restoration efforts in New York and New Jersey.

NSTAR supplies power to Framingham.

“Assisting fellow utility workers and their customers, whether they’re across the country or across state lines, is a long-standing tradition for which our employees enthusiastically volunteer,” said Werner Schweiger, President
of NSTAR Electric in a press release. “Just as we’ve been assisted by others in the past, NSTAR workers stepped up when asked, leaving their families behind for nearly two weeks to help those most affected by Superstorm Sandy.”

“NSTAR’s restoration assistance following Hurricane Sandy was truly remarkable,” said Edison Electric Institute President Tom Kuhn in a press release. “Getting the lights back on quickly and safely following a major storm is never easy. Working through the industry’s mutual assistance program, NSTAR crews were essential in helping their fellow utility companies restore
service in affected neighborhoods. Importantly, the work of NSTAR crew members also shows their compassion in helping others in their time of need. I congratulate them.”

The electric power industry’s Emergency Assistance Award has been presented each year to Edison Electric Institute member electric utility companies since 1998. The award recognizes extraordinary efforts undertaken in restoring electric service to another utility company that has been disrupted by severe weather conditions or other natural events.