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T H E
G R I D
MARCH
3.7GW
Flexible connections,
active management,
consortiums and
enforcing progression
milestones has enabled
DNOs to make 3.7GW of
connection offers.
MARTIN DEEHAN,
OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR, ENW
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GENERATION
During this
year's National
Apprenticeship Week,
from 6-10 March,
DNOs announced they
were seeking the next
wave of recruits.
Wales & West Utilities
is looking for 23 new
recruits, Northern
Powergrid needs 30,
and Electricity North
West is on the lookout
for 37 more people to
join the company.
Oil
regeneration
ENW says
improvements to
its transformer oil
recycling process will
save £32 million over
the next six years.
"We have plans for RIIO ED1, but
as things change we realign our
investment programme. We then
divert money to make sure that we
can make investment in
sites like [Lancaster
substation], and Carlisle.
It's not ideal, but we
have got to make sure
that we protect the assets
so we can give a reliable
supply to our customers."
"We face an ageing
workforce, increasing
competition for talent
with unemployment
reaching its lowest
recorded levels, and a
lack of profi cient skills
leading to over a third
of vacancies being
hard to fi ll."
Tony Cocker, chair
of Energy & Utility
Skills, on the skills and
workforce renewal
strategy
9%
In the fi rst year of
RIIO, DNOs spent
£3.2 billion on network
management, 9% less
than the allowance.
£21.5m
National Grid's award
from Ofgem in the
mid-point review for
system operation.
