{"id":70151,"date":"2026-06-25T10:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/70151\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:04:18","slug":"national-grid-commits-1-2bn-for-1000km-of-overhead-line-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/70151\/","title":{"rendered":"National Grid commits \u00a31.2bn for 1,000km of overhead line upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Grid will invest \u00a31.2bn through its UK supply chain partners to deliver upgrades across 1,000km of overhead line routes.<\/p>\n<p>The UK government has set itself the lofty goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/eandt.theiet.org\/2025\/04\/29\/new-report-compares-electricity-transmission-technologies-uk-prepares-great-grid-upgrade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">entirely decarbonising<\/a> the UK\u2019s energy grid by 2030. However, this requires the country\u2019s electricity infrastructure to be significantly expanded and upgraded.<\/p>\n<p>In this next phase of its Electricity Transmission Partnership (ETP), National Grid has appointed five delivery partners \u2013 Balfour Beatty, M Group, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Murphy and OTW \u2013 to carry out major overhead line upgrades across England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>An initial \u00a31.2bn of reconductoring projects will cover over 1,000km of overhead line routes. Reconductoring involves upgrading existing lines with newer spec materials so they can carry more electricity, making best use of infrastructure already in place.<\/p>\n<p>This latest announcement builds on the ETP\u2019s first phase for <a href=\"https:\/\/eandt.theiet.org\/2025\/07\/31\/national-grid-invests-ps8bn-regional-substation-upgrades-decarbonised-energy-grid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">substations announced last summer<\/a>. It\u2019s a long-term, collaborative approach that adopts a different way of working between National Grid and its suppliers, with the aim of strengthening the UK supply chain, encouraging long-term investment, and supporting the development of local skills.<\/p>\n<p>National Grid says that though working this way with its partners, it can plan further ahead, share expertise and apply consistent standards and innovation across projects.<\/p>\n<p>Alice Delahunty, president of electricity transmission at National Grid, said: \u201cUpgrading our existing network is one of the fastest and most efficient ways to increase capacity and strengthen resilience, alongside the vital role of building new infrastructure to meet growing demand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our ETP, we\u2019re delivering critical investment in the network while supporting skilled jobs, strengthening UK supply chains and helping to power long-term economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Kirk, managing director \u2013 energy at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, said: \u201cBringing together substations and overhead lines under the ETP is a natural step as we upgrade critical transmission infrastructure. This will help ensure our National Grid can meet growing demand and remain secure when it matters most. We\u2019re proud to be investing in the people and skills needed to deliver these upgrades now, and to maintain them for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This latest ETP programme forms a key part of National Grid\u2019s plan to invest \u00a331bn in <a href=\"https:\/\/eandt.theiet.org\/2024\/12\/19\/national-grids-details-ps35bn-upgrade-will-double-uks-transmission-capacity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cunprecedented\u201d upgrades<\/a> to the UK\u2019s power network. These infrastructure plans to March 2031 include upgrades to approximately 3,500km of existing overhead lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Grid will invest \u00a31.2bn through its UK supply chain partners to deliver upgrades across 1,000km of overhead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21249],"tags":[159,22199,234,11221,11483,27649,2580,18],"class_list":["post-70151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-national-grid","tag-electricity","tag-electricity-networks","tag-energy","tag-energy-infrastructure","tag-energy-sector","tag-maintenance","tag-national-grid","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116810184270640679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}