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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
LONDON, October 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Grid said that it
was fully funded, despite the current financial crisis, and that its annual
investment plan would be increased to GBP3bn and maintained at that level
for the foreseeable future.
Speaking at the National Grid Investor Day on October 7th 2008, Steve
Holliday, Chief Executive, said:
"This is a very good business, very secure returns,...
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New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
National Grid this summer coughed up a $1 million fine to the Long Island Power Authority for failing a key measure of customer satisfaction in 2007, LIPA confirmed yesterday.
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- National Grid said Tuesday that it will invest an extra 2 billion pounds to 2012, in addition to the 16 billion pound investment already announced. This equates to a total investment programme of more than 3 billion pounds per year. Beyond 2012, the U.K. electricity grid operator expects investment will continue at least at that level for the foreseeable future. National Grid...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Steve Holliday, chief executive, will tell investors that National Grid is an 'extraordinarily low-risk business', as he attempts to remind them of the company's defensive qualities
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Treehugger (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
photo: Daniel Figueroa This one’s a twist on decentralized solar power generation, the solar-as-service model of energy development, and traditional utility-owned power. National Grid has announced that is has filed preliminary paperwork to develop up to 50 MW of solar power in Massachusetts under the state’s Green Communities Act . Big deal, right? Fifty megawatts may be a drop in the energy demand...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
NATIONAL GRID will buck market conditions this week when it unveils a £17.5 billion capital-expenditure programme, one of the biggest in the UK corporate sector.
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Express & Star (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Motorists are facing six months of misery when work begins on a gas main renewal scheme in an area of Walsall on Monday. Temporary traffic signals will be in place in Goscote Lane, and drivers are warned to expect delays. Gas Alliance is replacing cast iron mains on behalf of National Grid Gas along the road which [...]
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Ranting Stan (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Britain's energy supply capability is now so perilously thin that the blackouts could begin in just over one months time. The blackouts could began as early as the week commencing November 10, for which the National Grid has warned “that the margin of spare capacity could be as slim as 0.8 gigawatts - the equivalent of one mid-sized coal-fired power station or the electricity consumed by a city the...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
QUINCY - Some 2,300 National Grid customers in North Quincy were without electricity for about an hour Monday. They lost power shortly before 5 p.m. Utility workers traced the problem to an underground cable at a substation off Newport Avenue Extension.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
National Grid has given warning that there could be further sharp rises in electricity prices this winter amid mounting fears that Britain is facing a supply squeeze.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Fears of power cuts this winter are completely unfounded according to a report by National Grid the company which owns Britain's electricity and gas transmission operations.
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Uk Business Energy News Blog (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
UK electricity supplies will be sufficient to meet demand even in harsh winter conditions, grid operator National Grid said Thursday. National gas production will be around 10% lower than in the previousyear but will be offset by increased imports, National Grid said in its Winter Outlook report. The report was published by regulator Ofgem on behalf [...]
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WBJournal.com (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Waltham-based utility National Grid plans to install solar power generation systems on state buildings and public schools across the state.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
National Grid is planning to install solar power facilities at four sites near Boston. The utility announced Thursday that it's presenting its proposal to state regulators under the state's Green Communities Act. The act allows utilities to develop and own up to 50 megawatts of solar generating facilities by 2010.
