Uncover Your Local Power Provider: A Regional Electricity Company Guide

To find out who your regional electricity company is, you can select the network type and then your region to see who manages the wires in your area. Distribution networks are like smaller roads, bringing electricity to your street and home.

Electricity network operators manage the wires in your area

Distribution networks are like smaller roads, bringing electricity to your street and home. An electricity distribution network operator takes electricity from the transmission network and delivers it to homes and businesses using smaller power lines and cables.

An electricity transmission operator moves electricity over long distances using power lines from power stations to different parts of the country. Transmission networks are like motorways, moving lots of electricity quickly over long distances.

In England and Wales, the Central Electricity Generating Board had been responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity, with the twelve area electricity boards (AEBs) formed under the Electricity Act 1947 responsible for the distribution and supply of electricity to consumers. In Scotland, the structure was different, with all aspects of generation, transmission, distribution and supply being carried out by two vertically integrated companies.

On 31 March 1990, the AEBs were changed into independent regional electricity companies (RECs) and the CEGB was split into four, three generation companies and the National Grid Company, operator of the National Grid. The National Grid Company was placed under the ownership of the RECs. National Grid Electricity Distribution is the regional electricity distribution division of National Grid. We provide the power and manage the electricity distribution network for customers in the Midlands, South West and Wales.

Electricity suppliers are the company you pay to use electricity

Electricity network operators are different from your energy supplier. An electricity transmission operator moves electricity over long distances using power lines from power stations to different parts of the country. An electricity distribution network operator takes that electricity and delivers it to homes and businesses using smaller power lines and cables.

In England and Wales, the Central Electricity Generating Board had been responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity, with the twelve area electricity boards (AEBs) formed under the Electricity Act 1947 responsible for the distribution and supply of electricity to consumers. In Scotland, the structure was different, with all aspects of generation, transmission, distribution and supply being carried out by two vertically integrated companies.

On 31 March 1990, the AEBs were changed into independent regional electricity companies (RECs) and the CEGB was split into four, three generation companies and the National Grid Company, operator of the National Grid. The National Grid Company was placed under the ownership of the RECs.

Customers in the Republic of Ireland should contact ESB Networks for electricity. Electricity network operator information is provided in good faith by ENA and should not be used or relied upon for decision-making or commercial purposes.

National Grid is the regional electricity distribution division

National Grid's regional electricity distribution division provides the power and manages the electricity distribution network for customers in the Midlands, South West and Wales. It owns, maintains and develops the high voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales. It carries power safely from where it’s made to where it can be distributed to homes and businesses via lower voltage regional networks.

National Grid's regional electricity distribution division is different from your energy supplier, which is the company you pay to use electricity. Customers in the Republic of Ireland should contact ESB Networks for electricity. Electricity network operator information is provided in good faith by ENA and should not be used or relied upon for decision making or commercial purposes.

An electricity transmission operator moves electricity over long distances using power lines from power stations to different parts of the country. An electricity distribution network operator takes that electricity and delivers it to homes and businesses using smaller power lines and cables. Distribution networks are like smaller roads, bringing electricity to your street and home.

Select the network type and then your region to see who manages the wires in your area.

Electricity transmission operators move electricity over long distances

Electricity transmission operators are different from your energy supplier, which is the company you pay to use electricity. Customers in the Republic of Ireland should contact ESB Networks for electricity. Electricity network operator information is provided in good faith by ENA and should not be used or relied upon for decision making or commercial purposes.

In England and Wales, the Central Electricity Generating Board had been responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity, with the twelve area electricity boards (AEBs) formed under the Electricity Act 1947 responsible for the distribution and supply of electricity to consumers. In Scotland, the structure was different, with all aspects of generation, transmission, distribution and supply being carried out by two vertically integrated companies. On 31 March 1990, the AEBs were changed into independent regional electricity companies (RECs) and the CEGB was split into four, three generation companies and the National Grid Company, operator of the National Grid. The National Grid Company was placed under the ownership of the RECs.

National Grid Electricity Distribution is the regional electricity distribution division of National Grid. We provide the power and manage the electricity distribution network for customers in the Midlands, South West and Wales. We own, maintain and develop the high voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales. We carry power safely from where it’s made to where it can be distributed to homes and businesses via lower voltage regional networks. In the US, we are an electricity, natural gas, and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people through our networks in New York and Massachusetts. National Grid Ventures (NGV) is at the forefront of the energy transition.

Distribution networks are like smaller roads, bringing electricity to your street and home. Select the network type and then your region to see who manages the wires in your area.

Distribution networks bring electricity to your street and home

Distribution networks are like smaller roads, bringing electricity to your street and home.

Electricity transmission operators move electricity over long distances using power lines from power stations to different parts of the country. An electricity distribution network operator takes that electricity and delivers it to homes and businesses using smaller power lines and cables.

National Grid is the regional electricity distribution division of National Grid. They provide the power and manage the electricity distribution network for customers in the Midlands, South West and Wales. They own, maintain and develop the high voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales.

Manweb plc was acquired by Scottish Power in 1995. Scottish Power was in turn acquired by the Spanish energy utility Iberdrola during 2017, although it continues to use Scottish Power branding on domestic sales of gas and electricity. The DNO for the area is SP Manweb plc, a subsidiary of SP Energy Networks.

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