07/10/2024 Almost £1m of funding secured for SP Energy Networks innovat... The two projects look to address key challenges facing the electricity network and its customers as the UK moves to electrification and a sustainable future; removing barriers to flexibility services and helping to balance voltage differences on the network to enable the uptake of low carbon technologies such as electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps.
03/10/2024 Iberdrola’s SP Energy Networks acquires tech company to boos... Leading global energy company Iberdrola – through its UK business, SP Energy Networks – has completed a deal to acquire private technology company, Derryherk.
03/10/2024 Securing our future by building resilience to cyber threats In this blog, I set out our ambition to maintain a cyber resilient network and cyber secure services through our people, processes and technology.
27/09/2024 East Kilbride Community Trust scores £75K funding to make cr... East Kilbride Community Trust (EKCT) trust has received a funding boost of nearly £75,000 from SP Energy Networks’ Transmission Net Zero Fund to facilitate energy efficient improvements to its home in East Kilbride.
25/09/2024 SP Energy Networks tees up £20M investment to boost electri... Thousands of homes and businesses in and around St Andrews – the home of golf – are set to benefit from a multi-million investment boost to upgrade the local electricity network and increase its capacity to support a cleaner and greener future thanks to SP Energy Networks.
25/09/2024 Powering change: New Community Energy team launches to help ... SP Energy Networks has established a new team dedicated to supporting the community energy ambitions of community groups within its network areas.
19/09/2024 Cross Border Connection public consultation begins in the Sc... We are asking local people for their views on plans for vital new electricity infrastructure in the Scottish Borders.
13/09/2024 BLOG: Operational Flexibility In Action with Statkraft Our SP Energy Networks flexibility team recently travelled to the Cwm Rheidol valley in the Ceredigion region of Mid-Wales to visit one of our providers supporting our network with operational flexibility, turning up or turning down their power generation to support network requirements.
11/09/2024 SP Energy Networks delivers investment boost for North Wales Around one thousand homes and businesses in North Wales are set to benefit from a six-figure investment boost from SP Energy Networks to upgrade and improve the resilience and reliability of the local electricity network.
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.