National Grid

With UK Members of Parliament of all parties being sworn into the House of Commons today, collaboration between business, policymakers and regulators has never been more important for the energy transition. Transformation at the scale and pace of the new Government’s ambitions will require a genuine partnership that sees all of us working together.   With that in mind, here are four things the Government should prioritise to accelerate the pace of decarbonisation:  1. Set a clear strategy for the energy system, aligned to a long-term industrial strategy. 2. Accelerate clean energy infrastructure delivery through ambitious reforms on planning and grid connections. It was good to see the Chancellor take the first step on planning reform yesterday but more will be needed. 3. Partner with industry to build supply chain capacity and a skills pipeline. 4. Create the right governance and partnerships to drive net zero delivery, growth and jobs.   If we get this right, there will be huge opportunities for economic growth, jobs, security of supply and lower bills. At National Grid, we are already delivering the largest overhaul of the networks in generations, investing over £30bn in the UK’s energy future in the next 5 years.   I am looking forward to working with the new Secretary of State and the new UK government to continue to drive forward the UK’s energy transition.

It was inspiring to celebrate POWERful Women’s 10th anniversary last night and to hear their Chair, Katie Jackson (also one of National Grid’s senior leaders) talk about their successes and what more needs to be done to get to 40% women in middle management and leadership roles in the U.K. energy sector by 2030. I was joined by women and allies in National Grid who are helping us to play our part in hitting that target. Helen Owen Yuliya Khilko Rimi Bassi Amrit Teja Lauren Lauren Tingey Robert Ballentine Anna Rowland

🎉 Tomorrow is our 10th Anniversary Dinner when we celebrate a decade of POWERful Women, honour those who have been on the journey and re-energise ourselves towards our goal of a gender-balanced energy industry 💪 We would like to extend our huge thanks to our headline dinner sponsor National Grid, without whom this important event would not be possible, and we are looking forward to a great night! #10yearsofPfW #womeninenergy #DiversityEquityandInclusion

Delivering safe, reliable energy to our customers and communities across the Northeast US is our top priority. In the face of increasing extreme weather events, maintaining grid resilience and strengthening our networks has never been more important. We’re grateful for this support from the DOE Grid Deployment Office and look forward to working with Pointerra to identify and deploy the most cost-effective grid investments for our customers.

Earlier this week at the British Embassy Washington we proudly celebrated the #LGBTQ+ community alongside British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce, New Zealand Ambassador Rosemary Banks, and our Chief #DEI Officer, Natalie Edwards 🏳️🌈🎉.   Our Pride employee resource group was also represented at the event. We commend their dedication to supporting our LGBTQ+ communities, resulting in: ✨ Over 50 volunteers from the US and UK leading Pride Month activities  🌆 Support for Pride parades across 11 cities   🌈👏 Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating #love, #acceptance, and #inclusivity for all. #Pride Month #Pride #NGPride

"Engineering can give you adaptable skills that you can transfer anywhere you want" 👷🏽♀️ Read our interview with New York engineer Jessica Singh, who has been working at National Grid for three years, in celebration of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED).

🤖 Following our recent #Innovation Day, we're excited to showcase how Artificial Intelligence is transforming our energy systems - from inspecting pylons to monitoring undersea cables 🌊 These advanced technologies are crucial for ensuring our networks are resilient, safe, and efficient as we move toward clean energy 🌱 👇 Discover the cutting-edge #AI solutions we're trialing and adopting on our journey to #NetZero! https://lnkd.in/djZB-tYA

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our inaugural Innovation Day at Tobacco Docks in London. Innovation has been part of our history since we connected the first integrated national grid in the world and it's only growing in importance as the entire industry scales up to shape the clean energy future.    With unprecedented demand growth from the increasing electrification and decarbonisation of global economies, the energy industry has a unique opportunity to innovate to meet those needs. The scale of growth means innovations are critical to help us build smarter, faster, more efficiently, and always with the customer at the heart.   Our innovation and venture capital arm, National Grid Partners, invests in startups to find solutions to the energy transition, and we’re now collaborating across the business to use many of these solutions. We started National Grid Partners with the goal of disrupting ourselves, but innovation can’t happen in isolation – it needs to happen within other networks and across the world.    Thank you to our National Grid Partners portfolio companies, speakers, and innovators outside of the energy industry who joined us to discuss how innovation and collaboration can deliver the energy transition, how we can scale innovation across networks, and innovative approaches driving progress towards net zero.     Statnett SF Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hitachi Energy LineVision TS Conductor IQ Capital Google Elena Fjørtoft Jake Oster Maria Ines Romero Navarro Alex Houghtaling Jason Huang Kerry Baldwin Neil Osborne   #NationalGridInnovates #Innovation #EnergyTransition

It was a pleasure to speak about North Sea Collaboration at RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind 2024 event this week. Great to have a chance to discuss the benefits of interconnection and offshore hybrid assets as we aim for a collective 300GW of offshore wind. #GOW24 #interconnectors #offshorewind  

We're proud to celebrate Pride Month and the incredible diversity within National Grid ⚡️❤️ Our colleagues from our Pride ERG are passing their pride flags to symbolize our collective commitment to inclusivity and support for the LGBTQ+ community We believe that fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected makes us stronger and more connected 🌈