Summer 2013
Welcome to
gridline
We’re reviewing the way we work to create
a leaner, more streamlined operation
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National Grid’s Land
and Development Group
The Land and Development Group is responsible
for acquiring all rights and permissions from
statutory authorities and landowners needed
to install, operate and maintain National Grid’s
electricity and gas transmission networks. The
Group acts as the main interface for landowners
who have gas and electricity equipment installed
on their land. Your local contacts are listed below.
ELECTRICITY AND GAS
he way National Grid
plants are a major
works with you, our
headache for many
customers and
landowners and National
grantors, is very much in
Grid workers, so we’ve
the spotlight now, with
identified the main culprits
energy regulator Ofgem
for you to root out.
making sure we provide the
We also take a fascinating
best possible service at the
look into the life of
best price.
sheepdog breeder and
Just like every business in the current
economic climate, we are reviewing the
North-west and Scotland 0161 776 0706
South-east 01268 642 091
South-west 01452 316 059
East 0113 290 8235.
WAYLEAVE PAYMENTS
For information on wayleave payments,
telephone the payments helpline on
0800 389 5113.
CHANGE OF DETAILS
To inform National Grid of changes in
ownership or contact details, telephone
0800 389 5113 for electric and 01926 654 844 for
gas, or email [email protected].
trainer Shaun Richards, and discover
ELECTRICITY EMERGENCY
what makes the perfect pupil.
Emergency calls to report pylon damage
to National Grid can be made on 0800 404 090.
Note the pylon’s number – found just below
the property plate – to help crews locate it.
way we work to create a leaner, more
Several of the stories in this edition
streamlined operation, with satisfied
came from grantors who contacted us,
customers at its core.
so make sure you let us know about
ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS
your business, and we’ll be in touch.
For information on electric and magnetic fields,
call the EMF information line on 08457 023 270
(local call rate). Website: www.emfs.info.
The changes will create a National
Grid fit for the 21st century, with the
future of energy generation and a new
GAS EMERGENCY
era of customers playing a part in and
0800 111 999.
benefiting from its success.
There’s a little more on this in the
Dawn McCarroll
Editor, Gridline
early pages of this magazine, which
once again celebrates the incredible
diversity of our grantor family.
This edition pays a timely visit to the
grantor who is helping to uphold one of
England’s finest summer traditions – the
GOT A STORY?
Please contact Gridline if you have any
news or stories that you think would be
of interest to other grantors.
whack of leather on willow.
We’ve also got our head in the clouds
with a grantor whose land is shared,
surprisingly, by pylons and a runway for
his booming microlight business.
It’s also the time of year when invasive
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SUMMER 2013
GRIDLINE
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DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG
Before carrying out any work in the vicinity
of gas pipelines, overhead power lines or
underground electric cables, you should contact
Plant Protection on 0800 688 588 so that searches
can be made to determine the exact position
of any National Grid assets.
CUSTOMER COMMENTS
Write to Land & Development,
National Grid House, Warwick
Technology Park, Gallows Hill, Warwick,
Warwickshire CV34 6DA. Or email
[email protected].
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