06/09/2024 SP Energy Networks secures £21m of innovation funding SP Energy Networks has been awarded over £21m of funding – the largest allocation SP Energy Networks has received since the fund began - to move ahead with three critical projects as part of Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund.
03/09/2024 How we ensure a secure and resilient energy supply Our next Transmission Business Plan (RIIO-T3 Business Plan), to be published in December this year, will set out our proposed investment in the transmission network in Central and Southern Scotland for the 5 years between 2026 to 2031.
02/09/2024 SP Energy Networks goes underground with multi-million inves... Almost 8000 homes and businesses in Peebles, Innerleithen, Walkerburn and Yair Bridge are set to benefit from a multi-million investment boost from SP Energy Networks.
26/08/2024 New car club connects North Lanarkshire communities thanks t... Glasgow’s own Michelle McManus teams up with SP Energy Networks to celebrate Cloudberry Communities’ new community car club
05/08/2024 Pioneering Women's Library Set To Become Scotland's First Ne... The UK’s only Accredited Museum dedicated to women’s history has been awarded a grant of £220,000 by SP Energy Networks’ Transmission Net Zero Fund, marking a significant milestone in its aspiration to becoming Scotland’s first net zero museum.
02/08/2024 SP Energy Networks branches out to form new green partnershi... Electricity network operator SP Energy Networks (SPEN) is branching out to form a new green partnership with The Tree Council to see tens of thousands of trees planted in communities across central and southern Scotland over the next four years.
02/08/2024 Annual Vulnerability Report 23/24 On 31st July 2024 we published our 23/ 24 Annual Vulnerability Report covering performance for Year 1 of RIIO- ED2.
25/07/2024 Blog - Connecting our electric future The sixth in the series of blogs relating to our RIIO-T3 Business Plan. This blog by Craig McTaggart discusses how how we enable connections to the electricity network and look at how we’re planning for the increased demand of the future using Whole System Thinking
18/07/2024 SP Energy Networks to use ground-breaking technology in Wrex... A substation in Wrexham is at the heart of SP Energy Networks’ first live network deployment of smart transformers to help the connection of low carbon technologies such as electric vehicles and heat pumps as part of a £8.3m innovation project.
18/07/2024 Ofgem RIIO-3 Sector Specific Methodology Decision (SSMD) Ofgem has today (18 July 2024) published its Sector Specific Methodology Decision (SSMD) for GB Electricity Transmission, covering the RIIO-T3 price control period from 2026 – 2031.
12/07/2024 £6M boost for Merseyside’s electricity network Our multi-million investment will create a new underground network cable connection between Southport and Formby substations in the region.
12/07/2024 Restoring biodiversity in Transmission projects This Net Zero Week, we're looking at how we restore biodiversity in Transmission projects.
11/07/2024 Ensuring our communities are supported in the journey to Net... Back in 2022 we launched the £5 million Net Zero Fund to support vulnerable communities across Central and Southern Scotland to ensure no one is left behind when it comes to Net Zero and so far, the fund has supported 36 community organisations and charities.
10/07/2024 SP Energy Networks buzzing about biodiversity as action plan... Electricity network operator, SP Energy Networks is buzzing about an exciting new biodiversity project – delivered by Cheshire Wildlife Trust – that will restore local wildflower meadowland and provide food and shelter for bees and other insects.
08/07/2024 £750,000 electricity network boost for Lanarkshire The essential works to install a new high-voltage underground cable are expected to take around three weeks from Monday 8 July.
02/07/2024 SP Energy Networks Appoints New CEO Nicola takes over from Vicky Kelsall who is retiring after 30 years.
24/06/2024 Q&A with Angela Love, Chair of INZAC Q&A with Angela Love, Chair of our Independent Net Zero Advisory Council (INZAC).
11/06/2024 Substation works stopped on A82 We are stopping planned substation works taking place on the A82 Dumbarton Road at Milton Brae, due to the impact of temporary traffic restrictions.
07/06/2024 New substation in West Dunbartonshire We are set to install a new high voltage electricity cable and substation on the A82 Dumbarton Road at Milton Brae between Monday 10-Thursday 13 June.
07/06/2024 Blog: World Ocean Day Every day we work to ensure a resilient and reliable electricity supply to our customers – but did you know that some of this electricity travels miles under the sea before it reaches your home?