Many of our operational colleagues across the business will be working hard over the festive period. We’ve heard from Otis and Steve, who work in the Transmission Network Control Centre (TNCC), making sure energy is safely moved around the network to get to where it’s needed.

Although demand is lower on Christmas day, it can still be a very busy day within the control room

 

National Grid is continuing work to connect Bramley substation to a new trackside feeder station near Oliver’s Lane.

The next stage of work will involve the building of a temporary construction road, then to dig a trench and install cables. Oliver’s Lane in Bramley will be closed from Monday 9 January 2023 – Wednesday 1 February 2023 in order to ensure work can be carried out safely and efficiently.

Slightly delayed by the call of duty and a real-life emergency, ten firefighters from Red Watch at Templeback Fire Station, assembled at the newly constructed lattice pylon, close to St Andrew’s Way in Avonmouth for a tower rescue simulation exercise. For safety reasons, this training cannot take place on live infrastructure, but because the pylon is built, but conductors are not yet hung nor energised, it provided a unique opportunity for the Technical Rope Rescue Team.

Slightly delayed by the call of duty and a real-life emergency, firefighters from Red Watch at Temple Station assembled at the newly-constructed lattice pylon, close to St Andrew’s Way in Avonmouth for a tower rescue simulation exercise.  For safety reasons, this training can’t take place on live infrastructure. The fact that the pylon is built, but conductors are not yet hung nor energised, provided a unique opportunity for the specialist rope rescue team.

We welcome the clarity and commitment that this decision gives NGET, and the wider industry, as the next step towards a more affordable, resilient and clean energy system. Whilst this investment is fundamental to the successful delivery of the decarbonisation of our electricity system, it will also bring greater security of supply, as well as improved affordability for customers in the long run.

We have now taken the decision to remove Hintlesham Woods Option 2 from our proposals for the Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement. 

At our statutory consultation between January and March 2022, we asked for feedback on the following two options for the routeing of the reinforcement near Hintlesham Woods:  

The Eye in the Sky initiative, led by National Grid and funded by Ofgem and Innovate UK’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF), is exploring how satellite imagery and data analytics could improve the visibility of Britain’s electricity and gas network infrastructure, helping to monitor its condition – and changes to the surrounding environment – around the clock.

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