- National Grid confirms the nine agencies on its Community Relations Agency Framework running from 2024 to 2027.
- The agencies will support National Grid in achieving the Great Grid Upgrade and other upgrade works through community engagement, informing and consulting local communities through the stages of the planning process.
- The 17 Great Grid Upgrade projects will update our existing networks, to enable us to carry more clean, green energy together with the other infrastructure works being vital to maintain safe and secure energy supplies.
National Grid has today announced the agencies on its Community Relations Agency Framework. The company, which sits at the heart of the UK energy transition, has named the nine agencies who will support the Great Grid Upgrade to deliver 17 major infrastructure projects, and a significant portfolio of other infrastructure works vital to maintain safe and secure energy supplies.
Joining National Grid on the new Community Relations framework are Aecom, Arup, Camargue, Cavendish, Copper, Grasshopper, Grayling, JBP, and Lexington. The framework recently commenced and will run for the next three years with the option to extend. The framework will also support community engagement for a wider portfolio of network upgrade projects.
As the UK moves away from fossil fuels and increases clean energy generation, we will all be using more electricity than ever before. The Great Grid Upgrade is the largest overhaul of the electricity grid in generations, comprising 17 major infrastructure projects that will both scale up the grid and update our existing networks. It will enable us to carry more clean, secure energy from where it’s generated – like out in the North Sea by wind turbines – to where you need it, boosting energy security, affordability and helping the nation become more self-sufficient.
Tom McGarry, Deputy Director of External Affairs, Strategic Infrastructure, said: “The Great Grid Upgrade will deliver the necessary rebuilding of the network to connect the new electricity generation, predominantly from offshore wind.
“We recognise that our upgrade projects can have an impact on local communities, and we are committed to consulting residents, their representatives and statutory stakeholders through all stages of the planning and construction process.
“The new framework will support our work with local communities and consultation on our proposals for this vital infrastructure.”
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