New blueprint for electricity grid gets wide industry support
National Grid has welcomed the publication today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change of a report from a cross industry group mapping out the future of the UK electricity grid to 2020, ...

National Grid Steps on the Gas!
National Grid, the UK’s largest utility, has today announced plans to speed up work on renewing gas mains in the North West. The company is planning to replace 615km of metallic gas mains with modern ...

Gas Improvement in Bridgnorth Continues
National Grid’s £5 million gas network improvement scheme currently underway in Bridgnorth is now entering its final phase. On Monday, March 2, work will start in Underhill Street where the old ...

A special recipe for Olympic success
National Grid has raised over £6,000 for the Special Olympics GB team by selling a cookery book of its staff’s favourite recipes. The money raised from this recipe book will be presented to Special ...

Essential Gas Engineering – Bushey Heath and Harrow Weald
National Grid is investing over £176,000 in the Bushey Heath and Harrow Weald area as it carries out an essential upgrade to ensure safe and reliable gas supplies for the 21st Century. Engineers from ...

Half Britain’s homes could be heated by renewable gas, says National Grid
Up to half the country’s domestic gas heating could be met by turning waste into biogas, according to a new report from National Grid. Biogas could give the UK a new reliable source of green ...

National Grid staff make a splash with £1,000 donation at Special Olympics swimming gala attended by gold medallist Adrian Moorhouse MBE.
Big hearted volunteers from National Grid handed over a cheque for £1,000 at the Special Olympics Great Britain (SOGB) Greater London Swimming Gala. Over 30 volunteers from National Grid helped out ...

Warwick employee of National Grid wins £2,000 for charity for helping keep Birmingham’s children safe
National Grid’s Eileen Griffin has won a prestigious Chairman’s Award for helping to teach Birmingham children the dangers of playing near high-voltage electricity pylons. Eileen, who works at ...

Coventry employees of National Grid Metering win £2,000 for charity
National Grid Metering’s Industrial and Commercial Technical Department have won a prestigious Chairman’s Award for demonstrating the real power of action in the field of customer service. The ...

Gas Works in Wombourne
Engineers will be working in Wombourne next week to install a new gas main that will help improve gas supplies to the area. On February 2nd Wombourne Road will be closed at the junction of Bridgnorth ...

National Grid makes major investment in Bourne End
National Grid is investing over £200,000 to improve gas supplies for Bourne End residents and businesses. Essential gas engineering work started on Monday 12 January in The Parade and the Marlow Road ...

Public Consultation Begins On National Grid's Wormington to Sapperton Pipeline
National Grid has submitted its Environmental Statement for the proposed 44 km, 900mm-diameter (36”) natural gas pipeline between Wormington (near Evesham) and Sapperton (near Cirencester) to the ...

Jurassic age is brought to life at Bishops Wood Centre
Bishops Wood Environment Centre, which is supported by National Grid and based at the company’s electricity substation near Stourport, will open its doors to the public on Sunday 8 February from 2pm ...

National Grid invests £800,000 in Rayleigh gas network
An £800,000 scheme to provide safe and secure gas supplies in the future gets underway this week. The North London Gas Alliance, a partnership between National Grid and Skanska, will begin to replace ...

Essential gas mains replacement work in Northampton
Gas pipeline operator National Grid is advising road users that temporary traffic lights will be in place on Wellingborough Road, Northampton from Roseholme Road to Adams Road until the end of March, ...