17/07/2025 Milestone reached for new subsea electricity link between Sc... National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Energy Networks have reached a major milestone in the development of the Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4) project, a new subsea electricity 'superhighway' by selecting Siemens Energy as preferred bidder for the project's two high voltage direct current HVDC) converter stations.
16/07/2025 Community donation marks North Kyle Windfarm’s connection to... Donations have been made to New Cumnock Bowling Club on behalf of SP Energy Networks following our work to complete a windfarm connection in the area.
11/07/2025 Green skills, jobs and growth top the agenda as SP Energy Ne... Green skills, jobs and growth were top of the agenda when electricity network operator, SP Energy Networks, welcomed Liverpool City Region Mayor, Steve Rotheram; Matthew Patrick MP (Wirral West); and Councillor Anthony Burns, Leader of St Helens Borough Council to its Hoylake training centre recently.
04/07/2025 DSO in Action: Providing easy access to accurate and timely ... Every time you download a table, click through to a dashboard, or query an API, you’re not just exploring data — you’re planning projects, securing funding, making decisions, and shaping the energy system which powers where you live and work.
01/07/2025 Responding to Ofgem's RIIO-T3 Draft Determination Ofgem has today (1 July 2025) released its Draft Determination on our RIIO-T3 Business Plan, in which we set out how we will transform our transmission network from 2026 to 2031.
26/06/2025 DSO in Action: Helping customers participate in a flexible e... Every day, more people pull up a chair to help re-shape our electricity network. Local authorities, aggregators, heavy industry, community champions
26/06/2025 SP Energy Networks launches £1.4bn investment to support Gov... We have awarded supply chain contracts to support a £1.4bn commitment to deliver critical onshore transmission projects across central and southern Scotland and help deliver the Government's Clean Power 2030 mission.
20/06/2025 SP Energy Networks teams put best foot forward for local cha... Charitable colleagues swapped their hi-vis vests and safety boots for sleeping bags and hiking gear earlier this month to raise tens of thousands of pounds for local charities
12/06/2025 DSO in Action: Translating Insight into Impact Our 2024–25 DSO stakeholder survey has now closed and you’ve given us really positive feedback across all the areas that matter to you. It’s a powerful message that the work we’re doing together — to shape a more flexible, responsive, and data-driven energy system — is delivering value where it counts.
09/06/2025 Robyn Love joins SP Energy Networks to champion our Priority... Robyn, who has represented Great Britain in wheelchair basketball at every Paralympic Games since 2016, has created an informative video that shows how she and her family rely on electricity at home and why the PSR matters for people with disabilities
09/06/2025 M8/M9 overnight road closure to enable electricity network r... The reinforcement project, which is nearing completion, saw the installation of a new underground cable – almost 4km long – to replace existing overhead lines that run across the M8 motorway.
09/06/2025 £8.4million upgrade for Kilmarnock Town substation We have successfully completed an £8.4million upgrade of our Kilmarnock Town substation, helping to boost capacity and resilience in the region.
05/06/2025 SP Energy Networks volunteers plant 1,000 trees at Crawick W... Volunteers gathered at Crawick Water with Nith District Salmon Fisheries Board to plant 1,000 trees to protect the salmon spawning ground from river bank erosion and habitat loss.
03/06/2025 Public consultation begins on Oliver Forest Windfarm connect... People in South Lanarkshire will have the chance to have their say on the proposed routing of the overhead line connecting the proposed Oliver Forest Windfarm to the local electricity network.
30/05/2025 Contract extensions deliver £220M distribution investment We are set to invest more than £220 million to help deliver the electricity grid and support the workforce of the future
29/05/2025 Funding Accelerates Heating and Hot Water Controls Project A... West Dunbartonshire Council has been awarded £355,600 by SP Energy Networks’ Transmission Net Zero Fund towards the installation of Connected Response HeatSage controls
12/05/2025 UK’s first non-SF6 switchgear SP Energy Networks energises UK’s first non-SF6 switchgear in a landmark moment for grid decarbonisation
12/05/2025 £2.5M overhead line upgrade for East Lothian The £2.5 million investment will increase network reliability and resilience and boost capacity on the network to facilitate the connection of more low-carbon technologies like electric vehicle chargers and heat pumps.
12/05/2025 RIIO-T3: Mission focussed on Clean Power 2030 This blog focusses on how we are ‘Moving the Grid Forward’ to Clean Power 2030 through our RIIO-T3 Business Plan.
07/05/2025 Consultation on subsea superhighway this May We are asking residents in Fife to give their views on proposals for a converter station in Westfield.