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National Grid PLC reports news as a regulated electricity and gas utility group with an ADR traded under NGG. The company owns and operates the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales, the U.K.'s largest electricity distribution network, and utility operations serving customers in New York and Massachusetts.
Recurring developments include grid modernization, resilience planning, wildfire-risk analytics, energy efficiency programs, virtual power plant participation, large-load interconnection capacity, customer-service and billing technology, and venture activity through National Grid Partners. Updates also cover community programs and operating initiatives tied to electricity transmission, distribution, gas service, and the energy transition.
Eversource (NYSE:ES), National Grid (NYSE:NGG), EnergyHub, Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN), and The Mobility House announced a joint effort to test residential vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities in Massachusetts using the existing ConnectedSolutions demand response program.
Qualifying Eversource and National Grid residential customers with V2G‑capable EVs will be able to enroll and receive incentives for allowing their vehicles to discharge energy back to the grid during peak demand, aiming to enhance grid stability and help lower system costs. National Grid is already using V2G with light‑to‑medium‑duty fleets, starting with school buses, while Eversource is exploring similar fleet opportunities through its ConnectedSolutions+ offering.
National Grid Ventures (NYSE:NGG) plans to invest $1.75 billion for a 35% stake in Joulent, forming a strategic partnership to deliver contracted power solutions for U.S. data centers and other large loads. The deal gives National Grid access to fast‑growing AI and cloud electricity demand.
The investment supports Joulent’s 2.67 GW Project Kilby in West Texas, a 50/50 venture with Chevron supplying power to a Microsoft data center under a 20‑year PPA by 2028. It is incremental to National Grid’s at least £70 billion capital plan through 2031 and will use balance sheet headroom.
National Grid (NYSE:NGG) published its 2025/26 Annual Report and Accounts, Form 20-F, and the Notice of the 2026 AGM, including proposed updated Articles of Association. These documents are available on its website and via the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s National Storage Mechanism and the US SEC.
The 2026 AGM will be held as a hybrid meeting at 11:00am on 14 July 2026 at King’s High School, Venues & Events Warwick. Shareholders can attend in person or online and may request printed copies of key documents free of charge.
Air Space Intelligence (ASI) and National Grid (NGG) announced a collaboration to deploy AI decision‑support for electric grid planning and operations on May 6, 2026. ASI will fuse topology, asset, outage, forecasting, geospatial, and environmental data into a continuously updated predictive world model to generate probabilistic recommendations for resilience planning, outage detection, distributed energy resource siting, and energy storage deployment. The effort aims to shorten field times, reduce costs, and improve reliability. The project is supported by a grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's Innovate Mass program for Gridtech demonstrations.
GridCARE and National Grid (NYSE: NGG) announced a collaboration to use AI-driven grid optimization to unlock underused capacity and speed large-load connections in New York. The GridCARE EnergizeTM platform aims to cut time-to-energization from years to 6–12 months by identifying rare constraint hours and operational fixes.
The project targets reduced infrastructure costs, higher transmission utilization (Stanford cites ~33% typical grid utilization), and avoided or deferred capital spending while seeking to protect customer rates.
National Grid (NGG) announced a collaboration with Rhizome to deploy Rhizome's AI platform gridFIRM across National Grid's transmission and distribution networks in Massachusetts, New York, and the United Kingdom to identify and help prevent utility-asset-related wildfires. The platform quantifies long-term wildfire risk, prioritizes high-risk areas, and supports cost-effective prevention and response planning.
National Grid highlighted rising regional wildfire activity (New York and Massachusetts recorded 2,626 wildfires in 2024, more than double the prior year) and noted prior and planned investments in AI: $150 million already invested and a further $100 million commitment by National Grid Partners to AI technologies.
National Grid (NGG) held its first-ever Grid for Good Global Day of Service from Sept 29 to Oct 3, 2025, mobilizing over 1,500 volunteers across the U.S. and U.K. for more than 70 projects.
Key outcomes included planting >1,000 plants, clearing >500 bags of trash, hosting 1,800 students, creating 950 STEAM kits, preparing >1,900 meals, and harvesting >1,000 pounds of produce. The program supports three pillars: affordable energy access, energy workforce development, and community resilience.
Selected local efforts spanned park beautification, youth education and career days, community harvests, and facility maintenance. Related events continue in October with Energy Awareness Month activities and STEM festivals.
Willdan (NASDAQ: WLDN) was selected by National Grid to deliver energy efficiency services to small businesses across Massachusetts under a two-year agreement. Willdan will implement a small business direct install program for urban and suburban counties in Eastern Massachusetts, marking the company's entry into National Grid’s Massachusetts market and expanding its Northeast footprint. Management noted the contract builds on Willdan’s roughly 15 years of work with National Grid in New York and emphasized measurable energy savings, improved safety and lower monthly energy costs for local businesses.
National Grid (NYSE:NGG) and Leap announced the expansion of their virtual power plant (VPP) collaboration to Massachusetts facilities, following a successful pilot in New York. Through Leap's software solution, select National Grid office buildings will participate in the state's Clean Peak Standard and ConnectedSolutions grid services programs to reduce electricity usage during peak demand.
The initiative aims to enhance grid resilience and lower carbon emissions by enabling distributed energy resources like smart thermostats, EV chargers, and HVAC systems to participate in energy markets. The collaboration supports Massachusetts' climate goals by reducing reliance on fossil-fueled "peaker" plants during high-demand periods.
National Grid (NGG) has partnered with Kraken to implement its cloud-based customer service and billing platform for 6.5 million energy customers across Massachusetts and New York. The multi-year transformation project makes National Grid the first U.S. integrated utility to adopt Kraken's platform, which already serves over 70 million customer accounts globally.
The platform will leverage smart meter technology to offer innovative energy solutions and pricing plans, while providing customer agents with enhanced tools for issue resolution. Kraken's system can process over 8 billion data points daily, enabling deeper insights into customer behavior and energy usage. The implementation will replace decades-old systems and aims to dramatically improve customer experience, boost efficiency, and enable delivery of dynamic energy products and services.