🎉 Congratulations to Sparky, our pilot mobile robot dog, for receiving the prestigious AEIC 2024 Achievement Award! 🏆 This award recognizes this technology’s significant contributions to operational excellence in the electric utility industry. A big thank you to our partners at Boston Dynamics and Levatas for their collaboration in developing and implementing this amazing tool. Modeled after a dog, Sparky detects and analyzes substation equipment, enhancing substation inspections and boosting electric reliability and resiliency for our customers. For more information on the award visit: https://lnkd.in/eRj7tjdf
Avangrid
Utilities
Orange, Connecticut 119,743 followers
We're leading America to a clean and sustainable future through electric, natural gas & renewable energy companies.
About us
Avangrid is a leading sustainable energy company transitioning America toward a clean and connected future headquartered in Orange, CT, and has a footprint in 24 states with $40 billion in assets. Our primary businesses are Networks, which serves 3.3 million electric and natural gas customers in the Northeast, and Renewables, the third-largest renewable energy company in the U.S. with a diverse onshore and offshore renewable energy portfolio. With more than 7,000 employees, Avangrid has built a culture that blends diversity, equity and inclusion guided by the company’s ESG F framework and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. This has led to recognition by JUST Capital in 2021 and 2022 as one of America’s best corporate citizens and second in utilities for our commitment to the environment and the communities we serve. Avangrid has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for four consecutive years by the Ethisphere Institute.
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https://www.avangrid.com
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- Industry
- Utilities
- Company size
- 5,001-10,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Orange, Connecticut
- Type
- Public Company
- Specialties
- Electric Distribution, Utilities, Gas Distribution, Electric Transmission, Renewable Energy, Onshore Wind, and Offshore Wind
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Primary
180 Marsh Hill Rd
Orange, Connecticut 06477, US
Employees at Avangrid
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As a part of #ClimateWeekNYC, Avangrid was invited by Google and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in a Grid Modernization Summit. Avangrid’s Senior Manager of Operational Performance, Mark Waclawiak, highlighted our digital transformation efforts over the past four years that have helped us leverage data to inform infrastructure investment and vegetation management, and develop internal AI technologies in computer vision and geospatial analytics. Our focus on #datascience and #analytics has positioned the company at the forefront of digitalization in utility operations, allowing us to better leverage emerging technologies and collaborate across the sector to bring utility analytics into the age of intelligence and enable the #cleanenergy transition. Read more: https://ow.ly/rW1x50TznCs
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Avangrid crews dispatched to assist with recovery from #HurricaneHelene are now working to restore power in southwestern Virginia. They're going above and beyond for these communities, and we're so proud of their commitment to helping those affected by this historic storm.
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That's a wrap on #climateweeknyc. From Maine to California, we're proud to celebrate all the ways we're fighting #climatechange and helping lead the clean energy transition across the country. Check out our #ClimateWeek playlist on YouTube for more: https://lnkd.in/e5jkXZKD
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Our Maine utility Central Maine Power Company partnered with Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Kennebunk, Kennebunkport & Wells Water District to restore the area under a transmission corridor in the Kennebunk Plains. The work to mitigate erosion here allows local plants and wildlife to thrive in a unique habitat area in Maine! Learn more: https://ow.ly/EOkH50Txgcb #ClimateWeekNYC #sustainability
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After #HurricaneHelene left millions without power across the Southeast, we are proud to support recovery efforts by deploying 73 of our crews. Our teams are on their way from New York, Connecticut, and Maine to Virginia and North Carolina to help restore power and assist communities in need. "We are committed to restoring power whenever and wherever help is needed," said Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. "Mutual assistance is an essential part of any wide-scale power restoration effort. Our line crews are some of the best in the industry, and I know they are eager to get to work to support the millions of Americans affected by this storm." Read the full release for more details on our recovery efforts: https://lnkd.in/eyREB2c4 #MutualAid #HurricaneRecovery #PowerRestoration #Avangrid
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From sheep in the Pacific Northwest to goats in New York, we're partnering with farmers and our wildlife friends to develop environmentally-friendly, sustainable methods for vegetation management on our #solar farms and near transmission lines. And these wonderful animals are whole lot cuter than gas-powered mowers. 🐑🐐 😉 Learn more about sheep in the PNW: https://lnkd.in/emS2D3DE Learn more about goats in Rochester, NY: https://lnkd.in/eKFMX6mW #ClimateWeekNYC #renewableenergy
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Meet Marilyn Martinez our Supervisor of Materials Planning! Read as she shares about her passion for helping students from low-income families living in Puerto Rico.https://https://lnkd.in/eBDTRMRY #hispanicheritagemonth
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"There's not a better place I can imagine working." Every day is something new when you're working at a wind farm. Our hundreds of wind technicians working across the country are doing the important work that helps keep the lights on with clean, sustainable energy. Hear from one of our Oregon technicians about his day and what it's like to work 300 feet in the air. And learn more about career opportunities here: https://ow.ly/WoqN50TxcLt #ClimateWeekNYC #renewableenergy
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Avangrid is committed to being a sustainability leader. We continue to grow our portfolio of clean energy resources, keeping our electricity emissions-free. Through the first eight months of the year, the amount of clean enegy we've generated from our wind, solar, and hydropower plants is the same as... 📍Avoiding 23 billion pounds of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel energy sources 📍The CO2 emissions produced from about 2.5 million gas-powered passenger vehicles for a year 📍The emissions from burning about 11.5 billion pounds of coal https://lnkd.in/egNqVsBC
Avangrid’s Clean Energy Plants Prevent over 23 Billion Pounds of Carbon Emissions Annually
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