T H E
G R I D
MARCH 2019
EDITORIAL
Editor
Alec Peachey
t: 01342 332086
e: alecpeachey@fav-house.com
Content director
Jane Gray,
t: 01342 333004
e: janegray@fav-house.com
Publishing director, utilities
Ellen Bennett,
t: 01342 332084
e: ellenbennett@fav-house.com
Production controller
Sharon Miller, t: 01342 332054
Business development manager
Helen Smith, t: 01342 332109
e: helensmith@fav-house.com
Business development director
Ed Roberts, t: 01342 332067,
e: edroberts@fav-house.com
Membership manager
Peter Bissell, t: 01342 332057,
e: peterbissell@fav-house.com
Brand marketing manager,
utilities Ben Parker,
t: 01342 332103,
e: benparker@fav-house.com
Publisher and chief executive
Amanda Barnes,
e: amandabarnes@fav-house.com
General enquiries
01342 332000
Printed by
Buxton Press Palace Road,
Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6AE
Published by
Faversham House Ltd, Windsor
Court, Wood Street, East
Grinstead, RH19 1UZ
NETWORKS.ONLINE
Network is a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (which regulates the UK's magazine and newspaper industry). We abide by the Editors' Code of Practice and are commit-
ted to upholding the highest standards of journalism. If you think that we have not met those standards and want to make a complaint, please contact the editor. If we are unable to resolve your
complaint, or if you would like more information about IPSO or the Editors' Code, contact IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or visit www.ipso.co.uk ISSN 2631-9748
NETWORK /
3
/ MARCH 2019
"A number of
companies are
dipping a toe in the
water in terms of having
electric vehicle fl eets; our
USP is that we have the
ability to scale up with
those organisations."
£2bn
Scottish Power
will spend up
to £2 billion on
clean energy
in the UK over
the course of
2019. See www.
networks.online
£1bn
The cost of SSEN's
Caithness-Moray
transmission link.
Page 26.
14.6MW
The amount of
electricity being
generated by
community energy
projects that are
connected to UK
Power Networks
three networks.
See www.networks.
online
"The
distribution
networks
have to have
Customer
Engagement
Groups
comprising
primarily of
consumer
advocates
while the
transmission
companies
have to have a
broader user
group."
MAXINE FRERK, PAGE 14
£16.4m
The amount of funding
awarded to the three-year
Optimise Prime project
from Ofgem as part of
the Network Innovation
Competition (NIC). Page 21.
20
The number of
fl ights Smith
Brothers has
completed
with its drones.
Page 29.
MATT ALLEN,
FOUNDER AND
CEO OF PIVOT
POWER. PAGE 10.
those organisations."
POWER. PAGE 10.
