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Welcome to National Grid ESO

We make sure that Great Britain has the essential energy it needs by making sure supply meets demand every second of every day. Find out more about what we do and how we keep the lights on for Great Britain.

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Find out who to contact when there's a power cut.

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Find the latest Firm frequency Response data, BSUOS forecasts, and other daily demand and supply reports.

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Find out about the connections process, download the Grid Code and CUSC as well as latest modifications to these codes.

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Keeping the lights on throughout coronavirus

As the world tackles coronavirus, we're working hard to make sure the lights stay on.

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June 2020 electricity report

Read our latest electricity report, with insight from our national control room into where your power came from during June and what what trends we saw in the data.

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How our new spin on grid stability is a boost for renewable generation

Our stability pathfinder and the market it’s creating for stability services is a world-first, and – as our head of networks, Julian Leslie, explains in this blog – it’s helping us harness Britain’s ever-higher volumes of renewable generation.

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Our Future Energy Scenarios - a glimpse of a net zero energy system

Every year we share our Future Energy Scenarios (FES). These scenarios look at the future of energy; including the challenge of meeting net zero and the impact of this on future energy supply and demand.

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Supporting our colleagues and charities during COVID-19 – Gee Healthcare Befriending Services

We’ve been supporting our colleagues and local charities in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read about Gee Healthcare and why our colleague Elton Muzondo supports them.

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FES 2020 is here!

Our new FES 2020 Report is now available to download.

Join us for our virtual launch event and deep dive sessions to share the key insight from our analysis.

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Forward Plan Addendum

Download the Forward Plan Addendum, which updates our deliverables and metrics taking into account the impact of COVID-19.

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Tackling future energy challenges through innovation

Our head of innovation strategy and digital transformation reflects on some of the projects that are helping us and the industry achieve net zero.

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