The Latest Breaking News from National Grid

A recent, unnoticed change to California utility company pricing has led to significantly higher electricity bills for residents.

£3.4bn subsea cable will transmit renewable electricity from Scottish windfarms to 2m homes in England

OFGEM has approved a £3.4 billion electricity “super highway” between Scotland and England...

A scheme transporting Scotland’s green power to England is likely to be controversial despite lengthy consultations

Power grid operators, such as National Grid in the UK, rely on high-performance computers to plan grid expansions and to schedule when energy should be produced from different sources. These problems are becoming larger and more complex due to the transition to net zero carbon emissions, and they are now…

Infrastructure essential to decarbonise electricity generation by 2030 met with resistance by those affected

The energy secretary’s plans to install thousands of pylons in unspoiled rural areas is facing a huge backlash

In the latest in our series, we look at claims heat pumps will cause a risky surge in electricity demand

Electric vehicles are ‘batteries on wheels’ that can put energy back into the National Grid when solar panels and windfarms do not provide much power

Britain’s landscape is under threat. But I have a solution – if the next PM will listen, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Promise to invest in ‘cheap, clean, homegrown energy’ ticks every box but £8.3bn over a parliament is not game-changing