Dive Summary:

• The Long Island-based National Grid is providing $1.1 million to help businesses hit by Hurricane Sandy rebuild. The utility has given $5.1 million since Sandy to various Long Island and New York City businesses.
• The money comes from a $30 million relief program partnering with businesses leaders and government officials from Staten Island to Suffolk County. The average grant is $25,000.

From the article:
“Ken Daly, president of National Grid New York, said the program operates alongside the company’s first-time residential program that provided 22,000 grants, ranging from $150 to $6,000 per storm-ravaged homeowner, to replace boilers and furnaces. Daly said the programs were created to help the people where National Grid employees live and work.”