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About National Grid
Connecting you to your energy today, trusted to help you meet your energy
needs tomorrow. NationalGrid’s job is to connect people to the energy they
use, safely. We are at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our
society – delivering clean energy to support our world long into the future.
We work with all our stakeholders to promote the development and
implementation of sustainable, innovative and affordable energy solutions.
And we are proud that our work, and our people, underpin the prosperity
and wellbeing of our customers, communities and investors.
National Grid took delivery of a new Bell 429
helicopter in 2013. We use two helicopters to inspect
pylons in England and Wales and to undertake
critical maintenance. Shown herewith Chris Land,
alive-line engineer, helicopters have proved
acost-effective way of keeping an accurate and
documented record of the state of the network.
Ittakes three on-the-ground linesmen one day to
inspect three pylons, while an airborne observer
caninspect six pylons in one hour.
Cover image
National Grid’s Ken Kujawa stands alongside Ford’s
Darrell Rowser at Ford’s Buffalo Stamping Plant in
upstate New York. National Grid has helped Ford replace
its standard light fittings with 1,740 energy-efficient LED
fixtures, delivering predicted annual energy savings for
Ford of 10.7million kilowatt hours for up to 10 years.
National Grid is investing over $50 million to rebuild the
Gardenville power station, connected to the Stamping
Plant via National Grid’s 115 kV electricity lines. The
investment will improve the electricity reliability for Ford
and other customers when the project is completed.
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