National Grid Responds To Supreme Court Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage
Waltham, Mass., June 26, 2015 /3BL Media/ – National Grid issued a statement today in acknowledgment of the Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. In a 5 to 4 decision, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, stating that gay and lesbian couples had a fundamental right to marry.
“At National Grid, we applaud this landmark ruling of the US Supreme Court, affirming the right to marriage for same-sex couples,” said Dean Seavers, president of National Grid US. “I am so pleased to celebrate the good news with our LGBT community of employees, customers, and stakeholders. Congrats to all who helped, even in small ways, to advance this important legal right.”
Seavers added that National Grid has long been committed to creating policies on diversity and inclusion. The company provides same sex domestic partner benefits, covers sexual orientation and gender identity in its Equal Employment Opportunity policies and supports an employee resource group called PRIDE through which the company's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees host meetings, provide community outreach and serve as a resource to the company and its employees.
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National Grid (LSE: NG; NYSE: NGG) is an electricity and natural gas delivery company that connects nearly 7 million customers to vital energy sources through its networks in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It is the largest distributor of natural gas in the Northeast. National Grid also operates the systems that deliver gas and electricity across Great Britain.
Through its U.S. Connect21 strategy, National Grid is transforming its electricity and natural gas networks to support the 21st century digital economy with smarter, cleaner, and more resilient energy solutions. Connect21 is vital to our communities' long-term economic and environmental health and aligns with regulatory initiatives in New York (REV: Reforming the Energy Vision) and Massachusetts (Grid Modernization).
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