Gas Mains Renewal Work Planned For Windermere
National Grid is replacing 1,070 metres of gas mains in Windermere as part of a multi-million pound package of improvements to the gas supply system in the North West. The company, the UK’s biggest ...

New Gas Main to Cross Grosvenor Bridge
Work to lay a new gas main across the Grosvenor Bridge in Chester will start early in the New Year. The project is part of a two year programme of gas mains replacement work being undertaken by ...

National Grid Unveils Plans For Kendal
National Grid has unveiled plans which will give Kendal one of the most modern gas main systems in the country. Following on from work carried out in the town last year, National Grid is planning to ...

Gas Mains Renewal Work Planned For Preston
National Grid is replacing 800 metres of gas mains in Preston as part of a multi-million pound package of improvements to the gas supply system in the North West. The company, the UK’s biggest ...

UK Regulatory Price Controls: Final Proposals
National Grid has today accepted in principle Ofgem’s final proposals for the Transmission Owner Price Control for the five years from 1 April 2007. Steve Holliday, Chief Executive Designate, ...

New 19km Cable tunnel for South London Electricity Network
National Grid has started work on the new 10km cable tunnel that will run between existing substations at Beddington and Rowdown. The scheme forms part of National Grid’s major investment programme ...

Santa Comes Early for RD&E’s Bramble Ward
When it comes to toys and games there’ll be no need for a scramble at the Bramble in the run-up to Christmas. Thanks to a £2,000 donation from National Grid and its contractor Amec, children at the ...

Have a ‘Green’ Christmas at Bishops Wood
Bishops Wood environmental education centre near Stourport is inviting families to enjoy a traditional ‘green’ start to this year’s Christmas festivities. On Sunday, December 3, the centre, which ...

Substitute Hedges Help Bats During Pipeline Construction
Workers on a gas pipeline have taken on a little extra building work to make sure local bats can find their way home after a night out. While laying their natural gas pipeline between Milford Haven ...

Penwortham has the Creepiest Halloween Ever
Penwortham Environmental Education Centre was the most frightening place to be on Halloween night with an unlucky dip as just one of the spooky activities in store for its visitors. There were shivers ...

National Grid Appeals Refusal of Planning Permission at Corse
National Grid has today (2 November) submitted an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate against the refusal of planning permission for a Pressure Reduction Installation (PRI) at Corse in Gloucestershire. The application ...

National Grid Advises Kettering Motorists Of Temporary Traffic Lights
Gas pipeline operator National Grid is advising motorists in Kettering that a set of temporary traffic lights will be in operation in Kingsley Avenue while the company completes a major upgrade of the ...

National Grid to introduce new collaborative contracts to update electricity network
Utility company National Grid has announced the preferred partners for new five year contracts worth up to £2.8 billion that will be a significant part of the overall potential capital investment to ...

National Grid Advises Watford Motorists Of Road Closure
Gas pipeline operator National Grid is advising motorists in the centre of Watford that a section of Wiggenhall Road will be closed from 9.30am on Wednesday October 25 to allow emergency gas main ...

Works of Art Win Cash
Two schools from Worcestershire have won first and second prize in an art competition organised by National Grid and Bishops Wood Environmental Centre. Pupils from St Mary's First School in ...