Northern Powergrid and
Community Energy
Siobhan Barton
Head of Communications
Northern Powergrid
29 April 2014
Northern Powergrid operates in Yorkshire and the Northeast
• Part of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway
• Key statistics :
– 10,000 square miles of service area 8,200 MW
maximum demand
– 58,000 miles of power network
– Serving a population of over eight million
– Component of annual domestic bill: £90
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Our area includes:
– Three of the UK’s 10 biggest cities
Harrogate
– In the Northeast, the highest unemployment
rate in the UK
– Highest combined deprivation levels in UK
alongside the North West
– Four national parks
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Why community energy?
• National focus
“Every community that wants to form an energy group, or take forward an energy
project, should be able to do so regardless of background or location” DECC
Community Energy Strategy published January 2014
• Our plans are set to 2023:
– Social responsibility
– Connections
– Low carbon
• Here today to:
– Find out more from you
– Better understand the barriers, the solutions and our role
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Government strategy headlines
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Strategy headlines
Areas of identified barriers
Northern Powergrid and
Community Energy
Siobhan Barton
Head of Communications
Northern Powergrid
29 April 2014