| UIL Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides electricity and energy related services, and electrical contracting and voice-data-video systems integration services in the United States. The company operates in two segments Utility and Electrical Contracting. The Utility segment engages in the purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes. It offers its services to approximately 320,000 customers in urban and suburban areas of New Haven and Bridgeport. The Electrical Contracting segment provides general and specialty electrical, mechanical, and voice-data-video design, construction, and related services. Its services include designing, building, maintaining, and servicing electrical data communications and utilities systems for commercial, industrial, and residential customers. Its electrical contracting services include design of the electrical distribution systems within a building or complex, and procurement and installation of wiring and connection to power sources, and end-use equipment and fixtures, as well as long-term contract maintenance. Its mechanical contracting services include the design, procurement, and installation of systems for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and clean room ventilation systems, as well as plumbing, process and fire protection piping systems. The Electrical Contracting segment offers its services to general contractors, property managers and developers, corporations, government agencies and municipalities, utilities, gaming facilities, and homeowners. It also provides computer network systems integration services, which include design, installation, management, and support of various network needs, including point-to-point data and communications installations, and wide area data and communication networks. It offers these services to healthcare and educational facilities, as well as to technology, financial services, and pharmaceutical companies. In addition, the Electrical Contracting segment also owns and operates two heating and cooling energy centers. The company also holds minority interests in companies operating in the energy sector. UIL Holdings was formed in 2000 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut. |
