Great Britain is undergoing an energy transformation, with the energy we use increasingly coming from more secure, cleaner, home-grown sources. National Grid is at the heart of this transition, with a plan to invest around £31 billion in our electricity transmission network over the next five years to 2031. We’re delivering infrastructure that will ensure reliable, cleaner and increasingly affordable energy for customers and communities.
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.
Share your views
Where our plans affect you or your community, we welcome your opinions on our proposals. Your views are important to us and will help shape our plans as our infrastructure projects develop. Explore the projects below for more information and details of how to contact us.
Our projects
