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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.
National Grid (NGG), via National Grid Partners, released its third Utility Innovation Survey highlighting rising AI use as data centers reshape U.S. grid planning in 2026.
The survey of 134 utility innovation leaders found 78% are deploying at least one AI application to manage interconnection demand, while 74% say AI-driven data center load growth is affecting grid reliability. Reliability rose to a top-three priority for 73% of respondents, up from 43% in 2025, as net-zero goals dropped from 54% to 16%. Although 72% report larger innovation budgets, 84% take more than a year to scale projects, and 87% say outdated regulatory frameworks limit returns. National Grid Partners also exceeded $600 million in total investments and announced new AI-related investments in Terragrit and LineVision.
Terragrit announced a strategic investment from National Grid Partners, the venture and innovation arm of National Grid (NGG), to support its AI platform for simulating changes to physical operations in energy and utilities.
The funding will accelerate product development and commercial growth and deepen Terragrit's work with utilities, which face increasing complexity and pressure in infrastructure decision-making. The relationship also provides access to National Grid Partners' expertise and the NextGrid Alliance network of innovation leaders from more than 170 utility companies worldwide.
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.