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"Our energy
networks provide us
with the energy we all
need. Those that work in
the industry have never
been safer but we know
that just one injury is
one too many."
£1bn
Scottish and
Southern Electricity
Networks (SSEN)
recently switched
on the £1 billion
Caithness-Moray
transmission
link. See
www.networks.
online
4 million
The number of
excavations that
take place across
Great Britain each
year. Page 20.
£149m
UK Power
Networks recently
demonstrated an
approach that has
saved customers
£149 million through
innovative technology
and solutions, at an
industry event. See
www.networks.online
"I think if you
worked in the
energy sector
25 years ago
it would have
been quite
boring. Now,
it must be
incredible,
very exciting,
the changes
we'll see in the
next 10 to 20
years are mind
boggling."
ROBERT LLEWELLYN, PAGE 8
10
The recommended
number of steps
to cyber security
put forward by the
National Cyber
Security Centre.
Page 24.
85%
The percentage
of consumers in
Texas, US, that
have the option
of choosing their
power provider.
Page 17.
DAVID SPILLETT,
ENERGY NETWORKS
ASSOCIATION. PAGE 18.
one too many."
