Recent Press Releases

  • National Grid to adopt carbon budgets and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80%
    18 April 2008
    Emissions reduction target raised to 80% by 2050 Ground-breaking initiative linking carbon budgets with performance Carbon reductions at the core of operational decision-making to encourage ‘bottom-up’ employee involvement National Grid today announced it is to increase its target of reducing company-wide greenhouse gas emissions from 60 per cent to 80 per cent by 2050. It also unveiled its intention to adopt new carbon budgets across its UK and US electricity and gas ...

  • Sale of Ravenswood generating station for $2.9 billion
    31 March 2008
    National Grid plc (“National Grid”) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to sell its 2,480 megawatt Ravenswood Generating Station in New York City to TransCanada Corporation for a total cash consideration* of $2.9 billion, payable upon completion of the sale. “We are delighted with the outcome of this process. Not only have we quickly delivered on our obligations to the New York Public Service Commission to sell Ravenswood but we have also delivered value for ...


Contacts

We want to ensure that media have access to the latest news, information and images of National Grid, and are able to contact our communication teams on a 24-hour basis across the Company.

The Corporate Centre media office deals with all media enquiries relating to the our corporate activities and financial results. It is also the first point of contact for all queries regarding other National Grid  business activities, including those outside the UK and US.

Media Contact
Clive Hawkins, Group Head of Media Relations
Telephone:  +44 (0)20 7004 3147
Facsimile:  +44 (0)20 7004 3145
mailto:clive.hawkins@ngrid.com

Chris Mostyn, Media Relations Manager
Telephone,  +1 718 403 2747
mailto:chris.mostyn@us.ngrid.com

Out of hours contact:
The UK Duty Press Officer can be contacted on +44 (0) 1926 653000

Businesses
We have dedicated communication teams to deal with media enquiries regarding our business operations in the UK and US.

Steve Holliday talks about climate change

Emissions reduction target raised to 80% by 2050

McKinsey & Company's key report

National Grid welcomes McKinsey & Company's key report on opportunities for reducing greenhouse gases, calls for more to be done to tackle climate change.

Corporate Responsibility

We believe that a responsible approach to doing business is fundamental to what we do. In all our activities we operate within our Framework for Responsible Business.