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This application follows years of public consultation and engagement with communities across East Anglia, which has helped National Grid to shape plans for the new infrastructure. The project will help deliver clean electricity to homes and businesses in East Anglia, supporting rising demand, economic growth, and the UK’s transition to cleaner, more secure homegrown power.

As part of the ongoing process to agree the RIIO-ET3 price control which covers our National Grid Electricity Transmission business, we have submitted our response to Ofgem’s Draft Determinations.

The Hinkley Connection Project has achieved a significant milestone with the safe removal of a temporary pylon at the midpoint of the new overhead line route in Somerset.

National Grid has introduced a transformative new approach to the way it works with Britain’s supply chain, designed to support the UK’s clean energy transition.

National Grid has named one of the world's leading cable manufacturers, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., as its preferred bidder to supply and install the subsea cable for Sea Link, a new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity connection between Kent and Suffolk.

An essential piece of equipment is due to be delivered to an electricity substation under construction in Overton on Sunday 6 July 2025.

National Grid shares early-stage proposals for new electricity transmission infrastructure from Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, needed to boost home-grown energy and meet growing electricity demand in the East Midlands.

National Grid is starting work on its new Uxbridge Moor substation in Buckinghamshire which will connect over a dozen new data centres to its network.