UTILITY COMPANIES
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UTILITY WEEK ENERGY SUPPLY HANDBOOK 2014
Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc
Licences: Electricity Distribution, Electricity Distribution – Distribution Network Operators
Lloyds Court, 78 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6AF
Tel: 0845 070 7172
Fax: 0191 223 5132
Email: communications@northernpowergrid.com
Website: www.northernpowergrid.com
See Northern Powergrid Holdings Company entry
Northern Powergrid is an electricity distribution business, delivering electricity on behalf of
suppliers from the national transmission system to 3.9 million domestic and business customers.
Covering an area of 25,000 square kilometres, Northern Powergrid's network extends from north
Northumberland, south to the Humber and northern Lincolnshire, and from the east coast to the
Pennines. The network consists of more than 61,000 substations and around 93,000 kilometres of
overhead line and underground cables.
Financial summary 2010/11 2009/10
Total turnover (£m) 326 288
Pre-tax profit (£m) 135 106
Dividends paid (£m) 40 40
Dividends per shaire (p) 13.8 13.8
Employees 1,106 1,102
Annual data
Area (sq km) 10,700 10,700
Senior management
President & Chief Operating Officer Phil Jones 01977 605457
Finance Director Tom Fielden 0191 223 5121
Regulation Director John France 0191 223 5141
Field Operations Director Nick Gill 01977 605674
Director of Health, Safety and Environment Geoff Earl 01977 605628
Director of Asset Management Mark Drye 01977 605164
Commercial Director John Barnett 01977 605605
Head of Information Technology Russell Morris 01977 605425
Director of Human Resources Lindi Hutchinson 01977 605607
Head of Performance and Innovation Lawrence Fletcher 0191 223 5121
Non-Executive Director Ron Dixon 0191 414 3918
Company Secretary John Elliott 0191 223 5103
Npower Cogen Trading Ltd
Licences: Electricity Generation
Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, Wiltshire SN5 6PB
See RWE Npower plc entry
Senior management
Director Fraser Blunt
Director Rebecca Wall
Company Secretary Jason Keene
