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  • By saving one tree, we are allowing it to absorb more than a ton of carbon over its lifetime.*
  • One tree can save up to 12 percent on cooling and heating costs on your home. **
  • A single tree can help up to four people breathe in a single day. ***
    • * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    • ** The University of Washington College of Forest Resources
    • *** Tree Canada Foundation

Going Green

Choose “CT Clean Energy Options” to help support the environment. It’s a program that supports renewable resources such as wind or water.

Our Environmental Focus

CL&P along with its parent company, Northeast Utilities, is committed to protecting the environment, and our employees are expected to understand and comply with our environmental policies:

  • In conducting our operations, we will maintain compliance with both the letter and spirit of environmental protection laws and our own procedures.
  • We will demonstrate environmental leadership by pursuing economically, socially and environmentally sustainable initiatives that protect the environment and that are consistent with our corporate vision.
  • We will establish specific objectives and measurable targets that promote continuous environmental improvement, and publicly report our environmental performance.
  • We will practice environmental stewardship by eliminating or reducing environmental impacts resulting from our operational activities.

Protecting the Environment: CL&P participates in a number of innovative environmental initiatives including managing more than 7,000 acres of land in Connecticut, maintaining more than 1,500 miles of transmission rights-of-way, and participates in company-sponsored recycling collections.

NU's Environmental Management System (EMS) is a key operational component of the company. It is set of processes and practices that allow NU to identify and address environmental impacts resulting from its services and operations.

As part of the Ceres network, CL&P’s parent company, Northeast Utilities, is among an elite group of Fortune 500 companies that believe it is their responsibility to integrate environmental and social performance into business strategies.

Just like CL&P, you too can make a difference and protect the environment. By saving energy at home, you can help protect the environment simultaneously. You might not think that replacing a lightbulb or turning the thermostat down a few degrees will significantly reduce your energy bill or protect the environment, but every little bit helps. Read Earthwise at Home and find out several ways you can save energy and help the environment.