Our electricity distribution and transmission networks carry electricity to over 3.8 million homes and businesses across the north of the central belt of Scotland and also central southern England. 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.
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Founded date: 1943
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| 29.05.2025 | Heathrow's Power Play: Lessons from a Crisis | Heathrow Airport faced a storm on March 21, 2025. A power outage, sparked by a fire at the North Hyde substation, sent shockwaves through the travel industry. Over 200,000 passengers were caught in the crossfire. The fallout? An estimated £... |
| 28.05.2025 | Heathrow ‘responded well’ to power outage despite sleeping CEO, report says | Heathrow Airport “responded well” to the power outage incident in March despite its chief executive sleeping through a key decision on whether to stop operations, an internal review, commissioned by the airport, found. More than 200,000 pas... |
| 08.05.2025 | Power restored to Heathrow terminals seven hours before flights resumed | Power was restored to Heathrow airport’s terminals seven hours before flights resumed on the day it was closed because of a substation fire, an investigation has found. An interim report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) found t... |
| 11.04.2025 | Heathrow passenger numbers fall after power outage closure | Heathrow Airport reported a decline in traffic in March as passenger numbers were impacted by the power outage that resulted in a 10-hour shutdown. Some 6.2m passengers flew from the UK’s busiest airport last month, down 7.5 per cent year-o... |
| 07.04.2025 | £450M Energy Network Transformation to Create 300 Jobs | Over 300 jobs are set to be created as a new £450 million investment programme looks to upgrade Scotland’s electricity distribution network. The Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Distribution (SSEN) announced five contract partners... |
| 03.04.2025 | Power Struggles and Economic Confidence: The Dual Crises Facing the UK | In the heart of London, Heathrow Airport faced a crisis that echoed through the skies. A power outage, triggered by a fire at a nearby substation, grounded flights and stranded thousands. This incident, which unfolded on March 21, 2025, was... |
| 02.04.2025 | Heathrow warned about power supply days before outage closure, MPs told | Heathrow Airport was warned about its power supply in the days before it closed because of an outage, MPs were told. Nigel Wicking, chief executive of Heathrow Airline Operators Committee, which represents airlines that use the west London ... |
| 21.03.2025 | Heathrow Fire Sparks Global Flight Chaos | A fire at an electrical substation near Heathrow Airport has thrown the world’s busiest airport into disarray. The flames erupted late Thursday night, casting a shadow over travel plans for hundreds of thousands. The inferno knocked out pow... |
| 21.03.2025 | London’s Heathrow Airport prepares to restart flights after major fire nearby shuts down travel | London’s Heathrow Airport said it is ready to resume flights as of Friday afternoon local time after a nearly daylong outage. The airport, Europe’s busiest, was closed due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation, disrupting nearly 1,000... |
| 21.03.2025 | Heathrow Airport closes for the day after a fire knocks out power, disrupting hundreds of flights | LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Heathrow Airport closed for the full day Friday after an electrical substation fire knocked out its power, disrupting flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers at one of Europe's biggest travel hubs. Flights we... |
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