Press Release Archive
2013
- NSTAR Electric Readies System for Peak Demand Season
- NSTAR Helping Customers in Financial Crisis to Seek Assistance
- Picasolar Wins $150,000 NSTAR MIT Clean Energy Prize
- On Arbor Day NSTAR Urges Planning Before Planting
- NSTAR Sponsors Sixth Annual MIT Clean Energy Prize
- NSTAR & Steelworkers Local 12004 Leadership Reach Contract Agreement
- NSTAR Providing Much-Needed Support for Electric Vehicle Technology
- NSTAR Electric Company Declares Preferred Dividends
- NSTAR Prepared for Late-Winter Storm
- NSTAR Ready for Latest Winter Storm
- NSTAR Returns System to Normal Operations after Massive Restoration Effort
- Restoration Update – Progress Continues
- NSTAR Restoration Effort Continues
- Massive Effort to Restore Power to NSTAR Customers
- NSTAR Working to Assess Significant Damage Caused by Blizzard
- NSTAR Activates Highest Level of Emergency Response Plan in Preparation for Blizzard
- NSTAR Prepared for Nor’easter – Reminds Public to be Ready for Power Outages
- NSTAR and Boston Properties Kick-off New Three-year Energy Efficiency Agreement
- NSTAR Names New Vice President of Electric Field Operations
- Northeast Utilities Names New President of NSTAR Electric
- NSTAR Receives 2012 Emergency Assistance Award
2012
- NSTAR Warns Customers of Growing "Green Dot" Scams
- NSTAR Intends to Appeal DPU Finding on Storm Penalties
- NSTAR Offers Tips for a Bright Holiday Season
- NSTAR Reminds Hunters to be Cautious Near Power Lines
- Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Providers Unveil Aggressive New Savings Plan for Gas and Electric Customers
- NSTAR Ready for Coming Nor’easter
- With Its System Back to Normal, NSTAR Sends Help to Sister Utility in CT
- NSTAR Nearing Completion of Power Restoration after Sandy
- NSTAR Restores Power in the Wake of Sandy
- NSTAR Restores Power to Over 292,000 Customers
- NSTAR Crews Responding to Early Damage and Power Outages
- As Sandy Moves North, NSTAR is Reminding the Public to be Ready for Possible Power Outages
- One Year after Devastating October Snowstorm, NSTAR Highlights System Improvements and Enhanced Communication for Upcoming Storm Season
- NSTAR Expands Energy Efficiency Offerings in Step with Massachusetts Leadership
- Northeast Utilities Gas Companies Score Top Marks in Customer Satisfaction
- NSTAR Gas Proposes Lowest Natural Gas Heating Price in 10 Years
- NSTAR Set to Begin Construction of Major New Transmission Line in Southeastern Massachusetts
- NSTAR Challenges Attorney General’s Call for Storm Penalties
- NSTAR to Begin Infrared Inspections of Transmission Lines
- NSTAR Crews to Join Fellow Northeast Utilities Workers in Helping to Restore Power in Maryland
- NSTAR Prepared for Increased Electricity Use During Hot Weather
- NSTAR & UWUA Local 369 Leadership Reach Contract Agreement
- NSTAR Proposes Lowest Electricity Price Since 2004
- Radiator Labs Wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize
- NU/NSTAR Merger Closes, Creating New England’s Premier Utility Company
- Massachusetts DPU Approves NU–NSTAR Merger
- NSTAR Proposes Natural Gas Supply Price 27% Lower than Last Year
- NSTAR Signs on to White House “Green Button” Initiative
- NSTAR Sponsors Fifth Annual MIT Clean Energy Prize to Boost Innovation and Jobs
- NU and NSTAR Reach Comprehensive Merger-Related Agreement with Connecticut AG and OCC
- NSTAR Names New Trustee
- UMass Dartmouth Partners with NSTAR to Slash Campus Energy Use
- NSTAR and Northeast Utilities Reach Comprehensive Merger-Related Agreements with Massachusetts DOER and Massachusetts Attorney General
- NSTAR’s Largest Customers to See Lowest Supply Prices since 2003
- NSTAR Proposes Mid-Winter Natural Gas Price Cut
2011
- A123 Systems and NSTAR to Launch Advanced Energy Storage Pilot
- Power Restored to NSTAR Customers as Anticipated
- NSTAR Restores Power to 165,000 Customers in Two Days
- NSTAR Proposes Natural Gas Price 13 Percent Lower than Last Winter
- NSTAR Makes Significant Progress in Customer Restorations After Irene
- Tropical Storm Irene Restoration Update
- NSTAR Prepared for Hurricane Irene
- NSTAR is Prepared for Increased Electricity Use During Hot Weather
- CoolChip Technologies Wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize
- Boston College & NSTAR Launch Aggressive Energy Efficiency Agreement
- NSTAR Proposes Lowest Electricity Supply Price Since 2005
- NU-NSTAR Highlight Customer & Environmental Benefits of Merger
- NSTAR Sponsors MIT Clean Energy Prize to Advance Clean Energy Innovation
- NSTAR’s Largest Customers to See Electricity Rate Cut
- MIT Efficiency Forward Exceeds Electricity Reduction Goal
- NSTAR’s Largest Customers to See Electricity Rate Cut
2010
- NSTAR Offers Helpful Holiday Hints for Safety and Energy Savings
- NSTAR Proposes 13 Percent Cut in Winter Electricity Prices
- NSTAR and Northeast Utilities Agree to $17.5 Billion Merger of Equals (PDF)
- NSTAR and the City of New Bedford Launch First-in-the-State Jobs Initiative (PDF)
- National Customer Service Week a Time for NSTAR to Honor Employees
- NSTAR Launches New Home Energy Reporting Program
- NSTAR Prepared for Hurricane Earl
- NSTAR Celebrates 1,500th Refrigerator, Freezer Pick-Up Through Mass SaveŽ Recycling Program
- NSTAR Proposes 32 Percent Cut in Natural Gas Price
- NSTAR Electric Expands Smart Grid Technology Throughout Service Territory to Improve Power Reliability for All Customers
- Summer’s Heat is Here – Stay Cool with Tips from NSTAR
- Rebate Available for Old Refrigerators and Freezers
- MIT & NSTAR Kick off First-of-its-Kind Energy Efficiency Program
- NSTAR Proposes New Electricity Rate Below 8-Cents per Kilowatt-Hour
- Stanford Team Wins $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize with Revolutionary Electrode Design to Improve Solar Panel Performance
- Finalists of MIT Clean Energy Prize to Compete for Grand Prize
- NSTAR Recommends Adding Energy Efficiency to Spring Cleaning “To-Do” Lists
- NSTAR Stimulus Plan Helps Businesses Looking to Save On Energy Costs
- NSTAR Partners with Tendril for Innovative Smart Grid Program
- MIT Clean Energy Prize Semifinalists Compete to Launch Businesses
- NSTAR Commercial and Industrial Customers to See Price Cut
- NSTAR Ranks Third in Customer Satisfaction Survey
- NSTAR Helps Low-income Customers with Debt Forgiveness Program
- Massachusetts Residents Honored for Commitment to Energy Efficiency
- Fight Old Man Winter with These Quick and Easy Tips from NSTAR
2009
- NSTAR to Sell District Energy Operations in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area
- NSTAR Offers Helpful Holiday Lighting Advice
- NSTAR Awarded Additional $7.6 Million in Stimulus Funds to Modernize & Enhance Electric Grid
- Residential Electricity Rates to Drop Once Again for NSTAR Customers
- NSTAR Awarded $10 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds to Enhance Electric Reliability
- NSTAR Applauds Employees During National Customer Service Week
- Fall’s Here – Be Prepared for the Heating Season with Tips from NSTAR
- NSTAR Delivers Winter Price Cut for Natural Gas Customers
- NSTAR Applies for Stimulus Funds to Modernize & Enhance Electric Grid
- NSTAR Gas Seeks Additional Price Cut for Customers
- Northeast Utilities and NSTAR Receive Favorable FERC Ruling on Proposed Quebec/New England Energy Project
- Husk Insulation Harvests $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Prize
- Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Providers Unveil Unprecedented $4 Billion Savings Plan
- NSTAR to Cut Residential Electricity Prices by 27 Percent
- Countdown Begins to NSTAR’s Walk for Children’s Hospital Boston
- NSTAR Unveils Innovative Smart Grid Program
- NSTAR Names New Vice President and Treasurer
- NSTAR Natural Gas Prices to Drop 70%
- MIT Clean Energy Prize Semifinalists Advance to Next Round of Competition
- NSTAR Earns the ENERGY STARŽ for Superior Energy Efficiency
- NSTAR Announces Dramatic Drop in Electricity Prices for Commercial & Industrial Customers
- NSTAR Sponsors MIT Clean Energy Competition
- NSTAR United Way Contributions Set Company Record
- NSTAR & UWUA Local 369 Agree to Contract Extension
- NSTAR Worker Honored at Statehouse Ceremony
2008
- Northeast Utilities and NSTAR Jointly Pursue Quebec Solutions to New England’s Energy Needs
- NSTAR Workers to Assist Utilities Hardest Hit by Storm
- NSTAR Proposes Expanded Energy Efficiency Programs
- NSTAR Completes 600th Energy Audit In Marshfield
- Fall’s Here – Time to Button-up with Energy-Saving Tips from NSTAR
- NSTAR Hits the Road with Energy Trailer
- Power Prices to Tumble for NSTAR Electric's Largest Customers
- NSTAR Proposes Expanded Efficiency Programs for Heating Season
- NSTAR Names New Head of Human Resources
- NSTAR Launches Latest Effort to Help Customers “Go Green”
- NSTAR Takes Home the Gold for Environmental Leadership
- Massachusetts Team With New Wind Turbine Design Awarded $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneur Prize
- NSTAR Gets State Approval to Offer Green Power to Customers
- NSTAR Honored by the National Arbor Day Foundation
- NSTAR Unveils Innovative Model for Meeting Growing Energy Demand
- Twenty Semifinalists Advance to Next Round of MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize Competition
- NSTAR Announces Lower Rates for Commercial & Industrial Customers
2007
- NSTAR Delivers $250,000 Rebate to Harvard University
- NSTAR Offers Holiday Safety and Efficiency Tips
- MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize Established To Drive Innovative Ideas To Market
- Fight Fall's Frosty Weather With Tips From NSTAR
- NSTAR Delivers Winter Price Cut for Natural Gas Customers
- NSTAR Commercial & Industrial Customers Get Significant Price Cut
- NSTAR Goes Green: Unique Program Offers Renewable Option for Customers
- Pfizer Named Northeast Business Leader for Energy Efficiency
- NSTAR Electric Delivers Summer Price Decrease
- NSTAR First Utility in the Nation to Offer Customers PowerCost Monitors™
- NSTAR To Log Good Mileage to Benefit Children's Hospital Boston
- NSTAR Energizes Major Underground Transmission Line
- NSTAR Named Tree Line USA Utility By The National Arbor Day Foundation
- NSTAR Workers Answer Call to Help Maine Residents After Spring Storm
- NSTAR Partners with City of Cambridge, State and Community Organizations to Create $100+ Million Energy Initiative
- Crystal Ice Saves Cool Cash With NSTAR Energy Efficiency Program
- NSTAR Proposes 26 Percent Price Cut For Natural Gas
- NSTAR Unveils Web-Based Energy Efficiency Column
- Power Prices To Fall For NSTAR Commercial & Industrial Customers
- NSTAR Negotiates $116 Million Refund For Customers
