Type Subsidiary Key people Basil Scarsella (CEO) CEO Basil Scarsella (2010–) Headquarters London, United Kingdom | Industry Energy Products Electricity Revenue 1.666 billion GBP (2014) Founded 2010 | |
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Owner Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (40%)
Power Assets Holdings (40%)
Li Ka Shing Foundation (20%) Website www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk Parent organization Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Subsidiaries UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited Profiles | ||
Uk power networks delivering your energy
UK Power Networks is a distribution network operator for electricity covering South East England, the East of England and London. It manages three licensed distribution networks (Eastern Power Networks PLC, South Eastern Power Networks PLC and London Power Networks PLC) which together cover an area of 30000 square kilometres and approximately eight million customers.
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- Uk power networks delivering your energy
- Uk power networks wind power and dynamic energy storage devices
- History
- Ownership
- References
In 2014 UK Power Networks was awarded £25 million from the electricity regulator Ofgem's Low Carbon Networks Fund for the Low Carbon London project. In 2011 it was awarded £6.7 million by Ofgem for another project, Flexible Plug and Play, which is researching new ways, technical and commercial, to connect renewable energy to the distribution network in Cambridgeshire. As well as the three distribution arms UK Power Networks also operates UK Power Networks Services Holdings Limited, which develops and maintains electrical networks for clients including London Underground, Heathrow and Stansted airports, Docklands Light Railway and Canary Wharf.
Uk power networks wind power and dynamic energy storage devices
History
The area originally comprised three networks: the London Electricity Board, the Eastern Electricity Board and the South Eastern Electricity Board, known as SEEBOARD, before being brought together by EDF Energy to form EDF Energy Networks. UK Power Networks began operations in October 2010 after the sale of EDF Energy Networks to the Cheung Kong Group for a reported £5.5 billion..
UK Power Networks maintains the electricity networks including the lines and electricity cables. There are 14 distribution network operators (DNOs), each responsible for a different area of the country. These DNOs are all regulated by the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem).
Ownership
UK Power Networks is owned by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings,40%, Power Assets Holdings, 40%, and The Li Ka Shing Foundation, 20%.