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PSNH To Change Name To Eversource Energy

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The parent company of Public Service of New Hampshire says it and its subsidiaries will collectively change their names to Eversource Energy.

The move has been in the works for months and the utility company has kept the rebrand under wraps. However, a newspaper in Connecticut noticed that the company moved to trademark the moniker back in September. The official launch of the brand is scheduled for February 2nd.

“Consolidating our brand was the obvious next step for us as we continually strive to improve energy delivery and customer service to our 3.6 million electricity and natural gas customers across the region,” wrote Tom May, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Northeast Utilities, in a press release.

The name Public Service of New Hampshire has been around for nearly ninety years, ever since several small electric companies and the Manchester Traction, Light and Power Company were consolidated in 1926. Northeast Utilities purchased PSNH in 1989, shortly after the utility had declared bankruptcy.

Other Northeast Utilities subsidiaries include NStar, Connecticut Light and Power, and the Western Massachusetts Electric Company, among others.

Sam Evans-Brown has been working for New Hampshire Public Radio since 2010, when he began as a freelancer. He shifted gears in 2016 and began producing Outside/In, a podcast and radio show about “the natural world and how we use it.” His work has won him several awards, including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, one national Murrow, and the Overseas Press Club of America's award for best environmental reporting in any medium. He studied Politics and Spanish at Bates College, and before reporting was variously employed as a Spanish teacher, farmer, bicycle mechanic, ski coach, research assistant, a wilderness trip leader and a technical supporter.

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