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National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom, where it owns and operates electricity and natural gas transmission networks, and in the Northeastern United States, where as well as operating transmission networks, the company produces and supplies electricity and gas ...
Cadent Gas is a British regional gas distribution company that owns, operates and maintains the largest natural gas distribution network in the United Kingdom, transporting gas to 11 million homes and businesses across North West England, West Midlands, East Midlands, East of England and North London.
The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network supporting the UK's electricity market, connecting power stations and major substations, and ensuring that electricity generated anywhere on the grid can be used to satisfy demand elsewhere. The network serves the majority of Great Britain and some of the surrounding islands.
In March 2021, PPL announced a swap with National Grid in which it divested WPD and acquired Narragansett Electric of Rhode Island. [7] The acquisition was completed in June 2021, [8] and approved by the Competition and Markets Authority in September of that year. [9] In September 2022, the company was renamed to National Grid Electricity ...
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is the nationalised energy system operator for the United Kingdom. Previously owned by National Grid plc , when it was known as National Grid ESO, it is a public corporation which operates both the electricity and gas distribution systems from 1 October 2024.
On the breakup of the CEGB in 1990, the ownership and operation of the National Grid in England and Wales passed to National Grid Company plc, later to become National Grid Transco, and now National Grid plc. In Scotland the grid was already split into two separate entities, one for southern and central Scotland and the other for northern ...
Arqiva purchased National Grid Wireless on 3 April 2007 for £2.5 billion. [11] The company planned to run NGW as a separate company – Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures Ltd – pending review of the deal by competition regulators. Regulatory agreement was reached in late 2008 and National Grid Wireless was amalgamated into Arqiva.
Holliday was made operations manager of the Fawley Refinery near Southampton in the UK when he was 30 years old. [8] In 1998, when British Borneo merged with Hardy Oil and Gas, Holliday became the international director. [9] Holliday joined the National Grid Group as the board director responsible for the UK and Europe, in March 2001. [10]