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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.