Press Releases

2012

17 May 2012
NATIONAL GRID HELPS TO DEVELOP YOUNG ADULTS
National Grid and The Prince’s Trust have joined forces to plant 600 trees on a section of the Millennium Path in Llanelli as part of the recently completed refurbishment of an overhead electricity ...
17 May 2012
National Grid invites Waltham Abbey and North London residents to journey into cyberspace for online discussion on vital power project
Waltham Abbey and North London residents are being invited to join a live online discussion about essential power plans for the area. National Grid is holding the online session on Wednesday May 23 ...
17 May 2012
Reading East MP Rob Wilson swaps parliament for pitch as the beautiful game highlights benefits of National Grid backed Young Offender Programme
The National Grid sponsored All Party Parliamentary Football Club took to the pitch at Reading Young Offenders Institution for their latest fixture against a team of young offenders. The game ...
15 May 2012
Improvements in the pipeline for Stoke on Trent
National Grid is due to begin a programme to renew two gas mains in Blurton, Stoke on Trent. The work will help to ensure residents and businesses in the area receive a safe and reliable gas supply ...
14 May 2012
Massive machine Evelyn makes big breakthrough as National Grid’s flagship project continues epic underground journey to keep the lights on in London
Engineers from National Grid’s flagship London Power Tunnels project are celebrating after tunnelling operations reached a major landmark. Gigantic tunnel boring machine (TBM) Evelyn has now dug its ...
10 May 2012
Ceremony marks end of National Grid’s vital Croydon Cable Tunnel project which will help keep the region plugged in
A tree planting ceremony has marked the formal end of National Grid’s Croydon Cable Tunnel Project. The ceremony, which took place at one of the project’s former tunneling sites at Kent Gate Way, ...
04 May 2012
National Grid delivers essential gas mains revamp to Hampstead
National Grid is ensuring people are connected to the energy they use in Hampstead with an upgrade to the local gas mains network. The project involves replacing 940 m of ageing metallic gas mains in ...
03 May 2012
National Grid warns public to beware of bogus callers after incident in Barnet
National Grid is warning people not to handover cash to bogus callers after an incident in which two men tried to get a householder to part with £1,500. The two men, who wore high visibility jackets ...
02 May 2012
National Grid to invest £50m locally to secure energy supplies
National Grid is investing £50 million on refurbishing and replacing sections of overhead line across the Middlesborough area over the next two years. These are part of the network of overhead lines, ...
01 May 2012
Camden kids ‘dig’ the chance to get the lowdown on tunnelling as National Grid celebrates the latest landmark of flagship power project
Youngsters got the chance to try out tunnelling at a fun packed day to celebrate the completion of the latest phase of the London Power Tunnels project. Year five and six pupils from Our Lady’s Roman ...
27 April 2012
Gas mains upgrade for Leicester Road, Kibworth
National Grid is investing £75,000 in essential work to renew the gas mains in Kibworth in early May. National Grid will be replacing 630 metres of gas mains on Leicester Road, Kibworth from 8 May. ...
27 April 2012
Alderley Edge bypass to close during essential National Grid works
National Grid is investing £28 million on refurbishing two sections of overhead line which run between Daines near Manchester, Macclesfield and Cellarhead near Stoke on Trent. As part of this ...
27 April 2012
Darley Abbey Information Day
Tuesday 8 May 2012, from: 12:00 to: 16:00 hrs Darley Abbey Village Hall, Abbey Yard, Derby DE22 1DS National Grid will be holding a one day drop in event for residents of Darley Abbey, to share with ...
24 April 2012
Improvements in the pipeline
National Grid and South Staffs Water are due to begin a coordinated scheme of work in Tamworth that will see gas pipes and water mains replaced in order to improve services to customers. On Tuesday, 8 ...
24 April 2012
National Grid’s London Power Tunnels Team go back to nature for community garden revamp in Hackney
A team of dedicated National Grid volunteers took time out from working on the flagship London Power Tunnels project site to assist the London Wildlife Trust’s environmental and educational work in ...

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