CONNECTICUT (March 11, 2025) — The American Red Cross recognizes Eversource Energy for its generous $30,000 donation to assist families affected by home fires. With this commitment, Eversource joins the Red Cross Ready 365 Giving Circle and helps ensure the organization can respond to emergencies throughout the year.

Each year, the Red Cross responds to about 65,000 disasters, the vast majority of which are home fires. After a home fire, Red Cross volunteers work with fire departments to connect with families to provide support including emergency lodging, financial assistance and emotional support. This generous donation helps ensure the Red Cross has the resources needed to deliver immediate aid to our communities during times of disaster.

"We are grateful for partners like Eversource that share in our mission to be there for families facing unimaginable loss," said Richard Branigan, CEO, American Red Cross Connecticut and Rhode Island Region. "Their generosity helps us provide relief and hope to those rebuilding their lives after devastating home fires."

Additionally, in October, Alan Lawrence, Vice President, Substation Operations and Field Engineering and Field Communications at Eversource, was appointed to the Red Cross Connecticut Chapter Board of Directors, further strengthening Eversource’s commitment to community resilience and disaster relief efforts.

"The Red Cross supports people through some of the most difficult moments of their lives, offering them much needed resources during a time when they may have lost everything," said President of the Eversource Foundation and Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Equity Theresa Hopkins-Staten. "We're proud to be able to contribute to their critical mission, which provides compassion, care and hope to families who need it most across the communities we both serve.”

To learn more about the work of the Red Cross and partnership opportunities, visit redcross.org.

About Eversource:

Eversource (NYSE: ES), celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship, is recognized as the #1 U.S. utility on TIME’s List of World’s Best Companies for 2024. Eversource transmits and delivers electricity to 1.28 million customers in 149 cities and towns, provides natural gas to 251,000 customers in 74 communities, and supplies water to approximately 217,000 customers in 59 communities across Connecticut. Eversource harnesses the commitment of more than 10,000 employees across three states to build a single, united company around the mission of safely delivering reliable energy and water with superior customer service. The #1 energy efficiency provider in the nation, the company is empowering a clean energy future in the Northeast, with nationally recognized energy efficiency solutions and successful programs to integrate new clean energy resources like a first-in-the-nation networked geothermal pilot project, solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into the electric system. For more information, please visit eversource.com, and follow us on X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. For more information on our water services, visit aquarionwater.com.

About the American Red Cross:

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation’s blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or follow us on social media.