NSTAR (company)

NSTAR
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryUtility
Founded1999
FateMerged with Northeast Utilities and rebranded as Eversource Energy
HeadquartersWestwood, Massachusetts, United States
Area served
Eastern and Central Massachusetts
ProductsElectricity generation, transmission and distribution; Natural gas distribution
ParentNortheast Utilities
WebsiteDefunct

NSTAR was a utility company that provided retail electricity and natural gas to 1.4 million customers in eastern and central Massachusetts, including the Boston urban area. NSTAR became a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities in April 2012. In February 2015, Northeast Utilities and all of its operating companies (Western Massachusetts Electric, Public Service New Hampshire, Connecticut Light and Power, Yankee Gas, and NSTAR Gas and Electric) became one large company known as Eversource Energy.