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Eversource Energy

eversource.com · Energy · ES

Ranked 451 of 2,047 companies in the study

39Overall score
  • Visibility30
  • Citations4
  • Sentiment50
  • Site quality87
  • AI readiness43
What this means for Eversource Energy

AI assistants name Eversource Energy in 30% of answers, which is much more often than the typical company in its sector. Its overall score is 39 out of 100, ranking 451st of 2,047. The company's website passes 4 out of 14 technical checks for how ready it is for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the energy market: none named Eversource Energy. AI assistants named it in 18 of 60 answers (30.0%). The typical energy company is named in 3.3% of answers. By how often it is named, Eversource Energy ranks 3 of 109 in its sector.

Named by AI in
30.0%
18 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
31.0%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
4/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 3
Rank in its sector
11 of 109
by overall score, where the typical energy company scores 29
How Eversource Energy compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
30

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
4

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
50

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
87

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
43

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with energy

109 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score39
Ranks 11 of 109. Typical company: 29
Named in answers30%
Ranks 3 of 109. Typical company: 3%
AI readiness43
Ranks 1 of 109. Typical company: 21
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“What should I do if my power keeps going out during storms in Connecticut?”

Experiencing frequent power outages during storms in Connecticut can be frustrating and disruptive. Here's a guide on what to do before, during, and after an outage, along with important contacts:

Before a Storm Hits: Prepare an Emergency Kit and Plan

1. Assemble an Emergency Kit:

Have essential supplies on hand for at least three days. This should include:

Flashlights and extra batteries.

A battery-powered or hand-crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with extra batteries.

A charged mobile phone and portable chargers/power banks.

Canned, dehydrated, or freeze-dr …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
National Grid19Unitil8United Illuminating4
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Eversource Energy
34.0%
National Grid
28.3%
Liberty Utilities
15.1%
Unitil
15.1%
United Illuminating
5.7%
Connecticut Natural Gas (CNG)
1.9%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
5/15
Perplexity
5/15
Claude
5/15
OpenAI
3/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
0 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtNot met

    Publish an llms.txt with a short summary and the key links.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
63 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPassed

    Explicit robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 32 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.eversource.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

4 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • Not metHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Not metllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • PassedExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets rules for 2 AI crawlers by name. All others follow its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBot*partly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-User*partly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

eversource.com (its own website)
26
mass.gov
21
nationalgridus.com
20
portal.ct.gov
14
eia.gov
14
chooseenergy.com
11
electricchoice.com
8
facebook.com
8
energy.gov
7
epa.gov
7

In the study as S&P 500.

Every question, and where the company came up (5 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Is it worth switching from oil to natural gas for home heating in New Hampshire?
  • How to handle frequent low water pressure in a Massachusetts home?
  • What should I do if my power keeps going out during storms in Connecticut?
  • How are electricity rates determined for homeowners in the United States?
  • How to set up new utility service for a residential move in Massachusetts or Connecticut?
  • Alternatives to traditional water utilities for homeowners seeking sustainable options
  • Are energy efficiency programs for residential utilities actually helpful in reducing monthly bills?
  • What are some ways to generate your own electricity at home instead of using grid power?
  • What are the most reliable residential utility providers for electricity in New England?
  • How can I get bill assistance for my electricity and gas services if I have a low income?
  • What are average monthly costs for residential natural gas service in New England?
  • Electricity vs natural gas for home heating: which is more cost-effective in the Northeast?
  • Which utility services offer renewable energy options for residential customers in the Northeast?
  • Best ways to find natural gas services for new homeowners in Massachusetts
  • How do residential water service options differ between urban and rural areas in Connecticut?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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