Infrastructure projects

Working with communities and local people

It’s also important to keep the impact on bills, people, places and our natural environment as low as possible. It’s our role to future-proof our energy networks in the most cost-effective way possible.

As we upgrade the electricity transmission network and develop proposals to connect new electricity generation sources, we work with a wide range of stakeholders and experts. Listening to the views of communities where the network needs to be developed gives us valuable feedback and insight as we look to minimise those impacts.

We work closely with local communities to make sure we minimise construction impacts whenever possible, and support community initiatives in areas where we’re working to deliver social, economic or environmental benefits.

Many of our projects are fantastic feats of engineering, delivered by a diverse and varied workforce using world-leading technology, innovation and expertise. Working closely with schools and  educational organisations, we look for opportunities to use our projects to help inspire the next generation of budding engineers and provide real opportunities for local people to grow their potential and capabilities – helping deliver a cleaner future in a way that benefits us all.

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