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03 Sep 2020
Network asks for views as electricity use set to double
Electricity North West, which operates the power network across much of the North West of England, is asking residents, businesses and key organisations in the region for their views as it sets out plans to meet net zero carbon targets.
01 Sep 2020
Weather watch August 2020
Following on from a wet June and July, August has also panned out rather wet overall.
24 Aug 2020
Power network prepared for Storm Francis
Electricity North West engineers are ramping up preparations after the Met Office named its sixth storm of 2020.
19 Aug 2020
Power network prepared for Storm Ellen
Storm Ellen preparations are underway as Electricity North West engineers will be on standby for the fifth named storm of 2020.
14 Aug 2020
Phase two work well underway in Rawtenstall
A major multimillion-pound project upgrading sections of a town’s power network is well underway.
07 Aug 2020
Network operator’s £25m investment ‘to power transition to green economy’
Work is set to begin on the first of eight key infrastructure projects that will power the North West’s switch to new technologies like electric vehicles that support the move to becoming carbon neutral.
04 Aug 2020
Weather watch July 2020
Work is set to begin on the first of eight key infrastructure projects that will power the North West’s switch to new technologies like electric vehicles that support the move to becoming carbon neutral.
23 Jul 2020
Mission possible: how Greater Manchester can reach net zero before the rest of the UK
Greater Manchester needs to act now and get decisions right first time if it is to become carbon neutral 12 years earlier than the rest of the UK, a report published today confirms.
22 Jul 2020
Residents respond to power network operator’s consultation
A beech tree in Tockholes is to be removed for safety reasons following a consultation.
20 Jul 2020
Region’s power network operator issues plea to farmers
A safety warning has been issued to farmers throughout the region by engineers from Electricity North West.
16 Jul 2020
Electricity North West publishes new Embedded Capacity Register
Back in January, all Distribution Network Operators (DNO’s) began publishing registers providing information to electricity network stakeholders on generation and storage resources (≥1MW) that are connected, or accepted to connect to the distribution network and each register is updated monthly by the host DNO.
15 Jul 2020
Jodrell Bank gets a recharge
A project to help ensure that one of the North West’s world-famous landmarks continues to sparkle is underway.