The sale, which is valued at approximately $2.4 billion, includes $1.6 billion in cash and $800 million in net debt to be extinguished at closing. The total value represents 1.7 times the rate base as of December 2024.

Eversource Energy is selling its Aquarion Water Company to the Aquarion Water Authority (AWA), a quasi-public corporation in the state of Connecticut, for $2.4 billion. The deal, subject to certain closing adjustments,

ES announces sale of Aquarion Water Company. This should help the company to focus on its core electric and natural gas operations.