Northern Powergrid
{{Short description|Electrical distribution company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne in England}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Northern Powergrid Holdings Company
| logo = Northern Powergrid logo.svg
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| type = Subsidiary
| foundation = 1996
| location = Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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| industry = Energy
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| area_served = North East
Yorkshire
North Lincolnshire
| num_employees = 2,700
| parent = Berkshire Hathaway Energy
| subsid = Integrated Utility Services
CalEnergy Resources LimitedNorthern Powergrid Ltd., [http://www.northernpowergrid.com/about-us About us], Retrieved 30 August 2020
| homepage ={{url|northernpowergrid.com}}
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Northern Powergrid Holdings Company (formerly CE Electric UK Funding Company) is an electrical distribution company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne in England. It is the owner of Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc (formerly Northern Electric Distribution Limited (NEDL)) and Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc (formerly Yorkshire Electricity Distribution plc (YEDL)) which are the distribution network operators for the North East England and Yorkshire regions and the North Lincolnshire area.
History
The company was created after the takeover of Northern Electric by CalEnergy in 1996.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/northern-electric-sparks-pounds-650m-us-bid-1360778.html Northern Electric sparks £650m US bid] The Independent, 29 October 1996 The company disposed of the supply business of Northern Electric to Innogy plc in 2001 in exchange for the distribution business of Yorkshire Electricity.[http://pepei.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?article_id=119189 Innogy, Northern in retail swap]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Power Engineering International, September 2001 Thus it represents the electricity distribution systems of the former North Eastern Electricity Board and Yorkshire Electricity Board, which were privatised in 1990.
Network
Northern Powergrid is an electricity distribution business, delivering electricity on behalf of suppliers from the national transmission system to 3.9 million domestic and business customers.
Covering an area of 25,000 square kilometres, Northern Powergrid's network extends from north Northumberland, south to the Humber and northern Lincolnshire, and from the east coast to the Pennines. The network consists of more than 63,000 substations and around 96,000 kilometres of overhead line and underground cables.
Ownership and structure
Northern Powergrid is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy.
On 1 November 2011 Northern Powergrid was rebranded from CE Electric UK. The new name is intended to give a better customer representation of the business, its location and operations.
Company Criticism
In November 2021, the United Kingdom was affected by Storm Arwen which led to strong winds and snow which battered the UK on the 25th to the 28th. Over 240,000 people lost supply in the Northern Powergrid region, with their region being the worst affected.{{Cite web |title=STORM ARWEN: NORTHERN POWERGRID ENGINEERS RESTORE POWER TO 182,000 CUSTOMERS {{!}} Northern Powergrid |url=https://www.northernpowergrid.com/news/storm-arwen-northern-powergrid-engineers-restore-power-to-182-000-customers |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.northernpowergrid.com}} The storm was considered so severe for Northern Powergrid, they declared an internal emergency on the 26th, when the worst of the storm struck.{{Cite web |last=Thurston |first=Alban |date=6 December 2021 |title=Northern Powergrid’s communications ‘completely unacceptable’ after Storm Arwen, says minister {{!}} theenergyst.com 'completely unacceptable, Northern Powergrid, Phil Jones, Greg Hands, MPs, emergency question, Arwen, Barra theenergyst.com |url=https://theenergyst.com/breaking-news-northern-powergrids-communications-completely-unacceptable-after-arwen-says-minister/ |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=theenergyst.com |language=en-GB}} Over 290 incidents of damage were reported on the network on the 27th, while the wind was too high to allow engineers to repair the failing infrastructure.{{Cite web |title=NORTHERN POWERGRID NETWORK SUSTAINING DAMAGE AS STORM ARWEN HITS THE REGION {{!}} Northern Powergrid |url=https://www.northernpowergrid.com/news/northern-powergrid-network-sustaining-damage-as-storm-arwen-hits-the-region |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=www.northernpowergrid.com}} 10 days later, at least 1,600 homes were still disconnected. A report was published by the government, highlighting key failures from Northern PowerGrid.{{Cite web |date=9 June 2022 |title=Storm Arwen electricity distribution disruption review |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/storm-arwen-electricity-distribution-disruption-review |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}} The company was required to pay out compensation to affected households and businesses.
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External links
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- [http://www.northernpowergrid.com/ Northern Powergrid]
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