National Grid Media Teleconference: Company Executive Provides Progress Update on Storm Restoration in Massachusetts

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Grid continues to work around the clock and is making significant progress restoring power to customers affected by the major October Nor'easter that battered the region over the weekend. Marcy Reed, president, National Grid Massachusetts will brief media representatives at 1:30 p.m. EDT today, Tuesday, November 1 on the status of the restoration and related information and then take questions from reporters on the call.  

National Grid (LSE: NG; NYSE: NGG) is an electricity and gas company that connects consumers to energy sources through its networks. The company is at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our society - to create new, sustainable energy solutions for the future and developing an energy system that underpins economic prosperity in the 21st century. National Grid holds a vital position at the center of the energy system and it 'joins everything up'.

In the northeast U.S., we connect more than seven million gas and electric customers to vital energy sources, essential for our modern lifestyles. In Great Britain, we run the gas and electricity systems that our society is built on, delivering gas and electricity across the country.

National Grid delivers electricity to approximately 3.3 million customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island. It manages the electricity network on Long Island under an agreement with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), and owns over 4,000 megawatts of contracted electricity generation, providing power to over one million LIPA customers. It is the largest distributor of natural gas in northeastern U.S., serving approximately 3.4 million customers in New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

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