What the site is for
UK Grid News collects the news on Great Britain's electricity networks in one place, with Northern Ireland where relevant. It is written for people who work in and around the networks: network company, connections, developer, consultancy and regulatory staff.
The site checks for new stories three times a day and links every headline to the original publisher.
What we cover
Regulation and price controls
Ofgem decisions, RIIO-ED2 and RIIO-T3, network charging and code changes.
Grid connections
Connections reform, the queue, connection offers, ICPs and IDNOs.
Networks and projects
Transmission and distribution investment, new lines and substations, and the DSO transition.
Generation and storage
Renewables, batteries and long-duration storage, where the story is about connecting to or running the grid.
Policy and markets
Clean Power 2030, Contracts for Difference, the Capacity Market, flexibility and security of supply.
Round-ups
Weekly and monthly round-ups, a big projects tracker, a glossary and a policy timeline.
We leave out consumer products such as home batteries and rooftop solar offers, project news with no grid angle, and share-price stories.
How it works
The site searches Google News and a small number of RSS feeds. An AI classifier checks each new headline once: whether it is in scope, and which category, topics, organisation and region it belongs to. Without it, keyword rules do the same job. The weekly briefing is written by AI from that week's headlines only, and our reference pages are checked against official sources each month. Headlines and stories belong to their publishers.
Independent
The site is not connected to any network company, regulator or developer, and doesn't favour any of them.
Contact
A contact address for questions, corrections and news tips will be published here soon.