As part of its ongoing commitment to helping more customers across Connecticut gain access to energy efficiency programs and solutions, Eversource is bringing its award-winning Main Streets program to eight Connecticut cities and towns in 2026. Through the Main Streets program, Eversource provides small business owners with direct access to energy efficiency assessments and available upgrades that help to lower energy usage and bills.
"In communities across Connecticut, our Main Streets initiative is helping small businesses adopt energy efficiency improvements that will make a meaningful difference in managing energy usage and bills," said Eversource Director of Energy Efficiency Steve Bruno. "By supporting small businesses as they get started on their energy efficiency journeys, we are helping local economies to thrive for years to come, allowing owners to reinvest in employees, customers, and their neighborhoods."
Main Streets energy efficiency solutions begin with an energy assessment by a certified specialist who helps each small business identify energy-saving opportunities. These upgrades can include weatherization, insulation, occupancy sensors, programmable thermostats, refrigeration controls, compressed air upgrades, lighting controls and more.
Eversource offers increased incentives for a range of energy efficiency improvements - up to 80 percent of project costs. On-bill financing for any remaining costs is available to qualifying customers. Local licensed contractors will complete approved projects and ensure minimal disruption to daily business operations, and all high-efficiency products installed as part of this initiative include warranties for both materials and labor.
For many small business owners, Main Streets might be their first introduction not only to business incentives but to residential energy efficiency programs as well. All Connecticut residents - renters and homeowners - are eligible for incentives, services and support that can help them improve their energy efficiency. Home Energy Solutions is a great place to start, connecting residents with energy experts to assess their home's energy performance, provide on-the-spot energy-saving improvements, and access incentives for energy efficiency upgrades to lower their energy bills.
Since launching Main Streets, Eversource has worked to deliver energy solutions to small businesses across the state. The 2026 Main Streets schedule is below, but any business interested in scheduling an energy assessment in another Connecticut community on a date not listed below can sign up here.
Learn more about the Main Streets initiative, where the next event will be held, and how to schedule an assessment for your business by visiting eversource.com/mainstreets.
Eversource (NYSE: ES), celebrated as a national leader for its corporate citizenship, is recognized as the #1 U.S. utility on TIME's List of World's Best Companies for 2024. Eversource transmits and delivers electricity to 1.3 million customers in 157 cities and towns, provides natural gas to 256,000 customers in 85 communities, and supplies water to approximately 226,000 customers in 60 communities across Connecticut. Eversource harnesses the commitment of more than 10,500 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 a first-in-the-nation networked geothermal pilot project, solar, offshore wind, electric vehicles and battery storage, into the electric system. For more information on our water services, visit aquarionwater.com.
