Avangrid’s Innovative Condor Conservation Plan Contributes to Rearing of 12 California Condors - Seite 2

Avangrid proactively minimizes and mitigates risks to wildlife at renewable facilities across its 24-state fleet. The USFWS has outfitted most free-flying California condors with a GPS transmitter to track their locations. A geofence at Manzana allows Avangrid to detect when California condors are near the project and respond by curtailing turbines to avoid potential wildlife interactions.

This conservation plan has served as a model for the industry. In 2023, the USFWS issued an incidental take permit to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and another permit to a group of 24 wind energy companies. Both permits have a similar condor conservation plan. Now that Avangrid has met its commitment, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has implemented its permit mitigation and taken over funding for the full-time employee at the Oregon Zoo.

The California condor is an endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Act. After dwindling to just 27 individuals in the mid-1980s, the global population has increased to over 500 individuals, with over 300 of those birds in the wild, thanks to the extraordinary efforts of a broad coalition of federal, state, and local governments, and nonprofits across the western United States and other interested stakeholders, including the Oregon Zoo.

About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be the leading sustainable energy company in the United States. Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $45 billion in assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens – in 2024 for the fourth consecutive year. In 2024, Avangrid ranked first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.