Editing Eversource Energy (section)

{{Short description|American energy corporation}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Eversource Energy
| logo = Eversource_Energy_Logo.svg
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|ES}}|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| former_name = Northeast Utilities
| founded = {{Start date and age|1966}}
| hq_location = {{ubl|[[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S.|[[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtoinsider.com/nu-eversource-energy-12137/|title=Northeast Utilities Rebranding as Eversource Energy|work=RTO Insider|access-date=19 March 2015|archive-date=18 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318014319/http://www.rtoinsider.com/nu-eversource-energy-12137/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| predecessor = Northeast Utilities, NSTAR Electric, NSTAR Gas, Aquarion Water, Connecticut Light & Power Co., Holyoke Water Power Co., Public Service of New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts Electric Co., Yankee Gas
| key_people = Joseph R. Nolan (Chairman, CEO, President)<br> Governed by a 14-member Board of Trustees.  Sanford Cloud, Jr., Lead Trustee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.com/investors/corporate_gov/default.asp |title=Northeast Utilities Corporate Governance - Overview |access-date=2007-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030022411/https://www.nu.com/investors/corporate_gov/default.asp |archive-date=2007-10-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nstar.com/ss3/nstar_news/press_releases/2012/merger-close.pdf|title=NSTAR is now Eversource|access-date=2014-05-13|archive-date=2023-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813121031/https://www.nstar.com/ss3/nstar_news/press_releases/2012/merger-close.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.com/investors/corporate_gov/Board_Trustee_Info.asp |title=Northeast Utilities Corporate Governance - Board of Trustees Information |access-date=2014-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514044854/https://www.nu.com/investors/corporate_gov/Board_Trustee_Info.asp |archive-date=2014-05-14 }}</ref>
| area_served = {{ubl|[[Connecticut]]|[[Massachusetts]]|[[New Hampshire]]}}
| industry = [[public utility|Utility]]
| products = [[Electric power transmission|transmission]], [[Electric power distribution|distribution]] and [[electric power generation|generation]]
| revenue = {{decrease}} {{US$|11.9 billion|link=yes}} (2024)
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{US$|2.41 billion}} (2024)
| net_income = {{increase}} {{US$|812 million}} (2024)
| assets = {{increase}} {{US$|59.6 billion}} (2024)
| equity = {{increase}} {{US$|15.0 billion}} (2024)
| num_employees = 10,680 (2024)
| website = {{URL|https://eversource.com}}
| footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/13372/000007274125000007/es-20241231.htm |title=2024 Annual Report (Form 10-K) |date=February 14, 2025 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission}}</ref>

}}

'''Eversource Energy''' is a [[publicly traded company|publicly traded]], [[Fortune 500]] energy company headquartered in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], and [[Boston, Massachusetts]], with several regulated subsidiaries offering retail electricity, natural gas service and water service to approximately 4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.snl.com/interactiveX/snapshot.aspx?id=4057052|title=Corporate Profile: Eversource Energy|last=S&P Market Intelligence|date=2017-12-04|website=SNL.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514133330/https://www.nu.com/aboutnu/default.asp|archive-date=2014-05-14|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref> customers in [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], and [[New Hampshire]].

Following its 2012 merger with Boston-based [[NSTAR (company)|NSTAR]], '''Northeast Utilities''' had more than 4,270 circuit miles of [[Electric power transmission|electric transmission]] lines, 72,000 pole miles of distribution lines, and 6,459 miles of natural gas pipeline in [[New England]].<ref name="nu.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.com/aboutNU/NUFacts.asp |title=About NU: NU Facts - Northeast Utilities |access-date=2014-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514043941/http://www.nu.com/aboutNU/NUFacts.asp |archive-date=2014-05-14 }}</ref>

On February 2, 2015, the company and all its subsidiaries rebranded themselves as "'''Eversource Energy'''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/northeast-utilities-announces-new-name-2015-01-07|title=Northeast Utilities Announces New Name|work=MarketWatch|access-date=19 March 2015|archive-date=2018-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113555/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/northeast-utilities-announces-new-name-2015-01-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The stock symbol changed on February 19, 2015, from "NU" to "ES".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/02/02/nstar-becoming-eversource-energy-here-what-you-should-know/bAgbQeWDirM0BiJ6QnFLRI/story.html|title=NStar is becoming Eversource Energy. Here's what you should know. - Business -|work=The Boston Globe|access-date=19 March 2015|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027013605/https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/02/02/nstar-becoming-eversource-energy-here-what-you-should-know/bAgbQeWDirM0BiJ6QnFLRI/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>