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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 ...
The National Grid is the high-voltage electric power transmission network serving Great Britain, 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.
CEO, National Grid plc (2007–2016) Board member of. Marks and Spencer. Spouse. Katharine R Patterson. Children. 3. Steven John Holliday FREng, [1] born 26 October 1956, [2] is a British businessman and engineer. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) of National Grid plc from 2007 to 2016.
The National Energy System Operator (NESO, styled as Neso), currently known as National Grid ESO, is the forthcoming nationalized energy system operator for the United Kingdom. Once transferred from its current owner National Grid plc, it will be a public corporation which will operate both the electricity and gas distribution systems from 1 ...
Electrical grid, an interconnected network for delivering electricity. National Grid (Great Britain), the electricity transmission network of Great Britain. National Grid plc, a utilities company based in the UK that also operates in the northeastern United States. National Grid (India), the electricity transmission network of India.
Pettigrew joined National Grid as a graduate in 1991. [4] He joined the board in April 2014. [5]In November 2015, it was announced that Steve Holliday, the CEO for ten years, would leave in March 2016, and that Pettigrew, its UK executive director who joined National Grid 25 years ago, would succeed him.
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 ...
60 km (37 mi) AC voltage. 400 kV and 132 kV. London Power Tunnels is a project by National Grid to reinforce the electricity transmission network in London, UK, by constructing more than 60 km of new deep-level tunnels carrying high-voltage cables. The new network of tunnels replaces a series of ageing power cables, most of which were buried ...