"Even if it had been
an eight or 10-year price
control period, we would
have had to put in some kind
of half-way point to reassess
the whole system anyway. So
you might as well make it
simple and reset it every
fi ve years."
NETWORK /
3
/ SEPTEMBER 2018
T H E
G R I D
SEPTEMBER
2018
11%
A trial of a mobile
game run by
Northern Powergrid
found that
players reduced
their electricity
consumption by this
average.
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SEPTEMBER 2018 / Issue 25 / Interview with Ofgem's Akshay Kaul /
Industry views on stakeholder engagement / Asset management / National Grid roundtable
Carrying out a network upgrade
NETWORKS.ONLINE
225MVA
New cables bei ng
installed as part of
a power upgrade
in Stalybridge are
capable of supplying
this amount of power.
205km
The length of
a proposed
undersea
electricity
interconnector
between the UK
and Ireland.
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"Regulation
will ensure
that all heat
suppliers have
to guarantee
customer
protection
as well as
designing and
constructing
schemes to
ensure long
term reliability
and effi ciency."
JODY PITTAWAY, HEAD OF
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AT SSE
ENTERPRISE HEAT, PAGE 23.
5.5million
This amount of
new devices are
connected to the
Internet every
day.
50MW
The amount of
instantaneous
discharge
capability
expected at
Highview Power's
next liquid air
energy storage
plant.
AKSHAY KAUL,
DIRECTOR OF
NETWORK PRICE
CONTROLS AT OFGEM,
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