Energy company’s vegetation management team recognized at NEC-ISA Annual Conference for working with communities to “plan before you plant”

MANCHESTER, N.H. (October 4, 2021) – In recognition of its commitment to environmental responsibility while providing safe, reliable service to customers, Eversource today received the Harry J. Banker Gold Leaf Award at the New England Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (NEC-ISA) Annual Conference & Trade Show. Presented to individuals, organizations, and communities for outstanding Arbor Day activities or outstanding landscape beautification activities that have a significant, sustained impact upon a community or region, Eversource received this year’s Gold Leaf Award for its educational partnerships with arborists, municipalities, students, and the public about planting the right tree in the right place.

“Our comprehensive vegetation management programs are critical to our work every day at Eversource to provide safe, reliable service to our customers in an environmentally responsible manner,” said Eversource Vice President of Operations Services Stephen Driscoll. “Receiving the Gold Leaf Award is a distinguished honor that would not be possible without our many strong partners, and we look forward to continuing to work with municipalities, schools and others across the Granite State to ‘plan before you plant.’”

In a pre-conference kickoff event on Sunday, Eversource hosted a tour of its new and improved utility arboretum at its Legends Drive facility in Hooksett. With trees being the leading cause of power outages, educational utility arboretums provide students, tree wardens, municipal leaders, landscape architects and the public examples of the wide variety of trees that can be safely planted near and under utility equipment. Eversource has four such utility arboreta, which are located in Berlin, Connecticut, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and in Hooksett.

The 2021 NEC-ISA Annual Conference & Trade Show is being held in Manchester from October 3–5. For more information on the conference, visit https://newenglandisa.org/events/2021-annual-conference-trade-show. For more information on Eversource’s comprehensive vegetation management programs, visit https://www.eversource.com/content/nh/about/reliability/focus-areas/vegetation-management.

Photo caption: Eversource Vice President of Operations Services Stephen Driscoll receives the ISA Gold Leaf Award on behalf of Eversource’s vegetation management team.

Eversource (NYSE: ES), celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship, is the #1 energy company in Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2021 and recognized as one of America’s Most JUST Companies. Eversource is New Hampshire’s largest electric utility, serving nearly 528,000 homes and businesses in 211 cities and towns, and also supplies water to approximately 9,500 homes and businesses in Hampton, North Hampton and Rye. Eversource is proud to be recognized as the #1 contributor to United Way in New Hampshire. Eversource harnesses the commitment of approximately 9,300 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 solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into the electric system. For more information, please visit eversource.com, and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. For more information on our water services, visit aquarionwater.com.

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