The Manchester plan
Electricity North West is embarking on the largest ever investment in the North West’s power network, investing over £2bn between 2023 and 2028 – including a £32m programme of improvements for Greater Manchester.
Our Manchester development plan releases network capacity to facilitate our stakeholders’ major planned developments and decarbonisation plans in the Manchester area.
Manchester has seen an increase of over 40% in population since 2000, combined with its employment growth being much higher than national levels during the last decade.
In October 2022 at their Green Summit, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) highlighted its commitment to support the acceleration of the region’s decarbonisation to meet its 2038 target.
Our Manchester development plan includes:
- Two new primary substations in the south of Manchester, i.e. in the Mayfield regeneration area and at the Southern Gateway.
- The installation of a third transformer at two primary substations in the eastern part of the region, i.e. at Eastlands and Queen’s Park primary substations.
- The replacement of all transformers at Frederick Road BSP in Salford and the installation of three new transformers and new 132kV circuits, and the replacement of the 33kV switchboard panels at West Didsbury BSP
As the North West’s electricity distributor, we need to provide the network capacity required to facilitate the decarbonisation needs and other plans of our stakeholders and customers. As part of our distribution system operation (DSO) load-related investment, we need to optimise this process in terms of reducing costs, mitigating risks and maximising benefits to our stakeholders and customers.
Eastlands TfGM Bus EV – Hyde Road investment
Engineers from Electricity North West have commenced work which will see £1.9m worth of upgrades carried out on the power network in the Eastlands area of Manchester.
Northern Gateway project
Engineers from Electricity North West have almost completed work which will see £5m worth of upgrades and reinforcement to the network for the residential redevelopment in the Northern Gateway, Manchester.
Southern Gateway project
Engineers from Electricity North West have commenced work which will see £6.5m worth of upgrades and a new substation on the power network in the Southern Gateway area of Manchester.
Locations of network reinforcement sites in our Manchester development plan
Locations of network reinforcement sites in our Manchester development plan
Open imageMajor planned developments in the Manchester area
Major planned developments in the Manchester area
Open tableSites requiring network reinforcement in the Manchester area
Sites requiring network reinforcement in the Manchester area
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