We’re upgrading the electricity network to make it more reliable, resilient, and ready for the future - supporting your everyday needs and the North West's journey to a greener, cleaner future.
Network investment
We're delivering the largest ever investment in the North West’s power network, investing over £1bn between 2023 and 2028.
Why we're here
Our network investment programme (or 'capital delivery programme') is a dedicated single function to deliver the network investment needed to strengthen the electricity network, improve reliability, support low carbon technologies, and create a cleaner, greener, more resilient energy future to meet the needs of our communities. We're investing half a million pounds per day on major projects, building a better future, quicker for everyone.
Delivering network investment in our region
By 2040, 1.4 million electric vehicles will be on the roads and over one million heat pumps... the demand for power will have increased by a third.
We're investing billions in the operation, maintenance and upgrading of the region’s electricity network to support this transition. It also means investing in the resilience of the network to reduce customers’ time without power by 20% by developing and delivering our cutting-edge engineering innovations to keep the network reliable, efficient and safe.
We aim to minimise disruptions to your daily life by carefully planning our work. We will always notify you in advance before any planned works commence.
Investment in Greater Manchester
Includes sites covering North Manchester, South Manchester, Salford, Cheetham Hill, West Didsbury and the city centre to create new capacity equivalent to 150,000 homes and businesses, enabling more renewable energy generation and the take up of electric vehicles and heating.
Investment in Cumbria
Our largest ever single investment in Cumbria will see us replace 154km of 132,000-volt overhead line, creating 230 meggawatts of additional capacity on the network, enabling more renewable energy generation and increase take up of electric vehicles and heating.
Investment in Lancashire
Includes the replacement of essential equipment at 11 substations across Blackpool, Preston, Lower Darwen, Rossendale, Lancaster, Tarleton, Nelson, Burscough Bridge and Clitheroe, creating more capacity and ensuring the network is ready for greener technologies like electric vehicles and heating.
Our network investment programme - embedding our innovation
Our network investment programme is also implimenting and installing our ground-breaking, flexible solutions-driven innovation.
LineSIGHT
Identifying developing issues before they happen and help fix power cuts quicker
Smart Street
Innovative voltage control to enable your appliances to perform more efficiently and make it easier to adopt low carbon technologies
Unlooping
Separating shared electricity supply connections between properties, providing each household with its own dedicated supply
Our network investment programme will...
Our capital delivery programme helps local homes, communities and businesses grow sustainably by enabling technologies like electric vehicles, solar panels, and heat pumps.
We’re committed to delivering projects efficiently and with minimal disruption, while ensuring long-term benefits for customers, communities, and the environment.
Transparent communication and meaningful engagement are central to our approach—we listen, respond, and collaborate to deliver outcomes that reflect stakeholder needs.
Through smart planning and innovation, we deliver cost-effective upgrades that benefit and long-lasting value to you, the community, and the environment.
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