The UK Edge Competitors

We power the lives of millions of people across Britain, New York and Massachusetts, moving energy from where it’s made to the communities that need it, every single day. In the UK, people connect with the electricity they need to live, work, build and play through our cables and wires. And in the US, we deliver electricity and gas to families and businesses in the states we call home. We're leading the way to a new energy era, building and operating the next generation of networks to unleash the energy needed to meet accelerating demand. With our very own venture capital fund, we’re challenging ourselves and our sector to work faster, smarter, and with an unrelenting focus on solving the challenges of the day for our customers. Our 30,000 employees live and work in the communities we’re proud to serve. Creating positive legacies matters to us; we do the right thing. And through our work, we’re creating enduring benefits for a better world where people can thrive.

UK Power Networks is a Distribution Network Operator providing power to a quarter of the UK's population. Employing over 6,000 people, UK Power Networks owns and maintains the regulated electricity distribution networks serving London, the South East and East of England. As the UK’s largest Distribution Network Operator, we maintain and upgrade power equipment, move and connect the electricity cables and keep the lights on for over 8.5 million homes, businesses, schools and hospitals.

We're responsible for maintaining the electricity networks supplying over 3.9 million homes and businesses across central southern England and north of the Central Belt of Scotland. Our skilled teams are based right across the regions we serve, from the bustle of West London to the smallest villages in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. They are supported by engineering and customer service teams based in major offices and depots in centres like Reading, Portsmouth, Perth and Inverness. - Over 4,000 employees, working from 85 depots and offices in the heart of the community. - 130,000km of overhead lines and underground cables - 106,000 substations - Over 100 subsea cables, powering island communities -3.7m customers served by our networks across central southern England (over 2.9m) and the north of Scotland (740,000) - Last year we handled over 550,000 calls from our customers, over 1,500 a day - Last year we gave £1m to local community projects through our Resilient Communities Fund - Over 450,000 vulnerable customers identified on our Priority Services Register with 11,000 assisted during power outages last year We also manage the transmission network for northern Scotland. Safety is our number one priority, we aim to provide a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities we serve in Scotland and England, whilst still delivering a 10 out of 10 service.