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National Grid Agrees £20m Payout for Harker Failures
National Grid admitted failures in asset maintenance at Harker substation, delaying renewable connections; £20 million paid to Ofgem’s scheme supporting vulnerable customers.
- Recently, National Grid Electricity Transmission agreed to pay 20 million pounds into Ofgem's redress scheme after admitting licence breaches at Harker between November 2016 and November 2021.
- Ofgem's investigation found NGET failed to properly monitor, maintain, and repair civil assets at Harker, and to plan and resource remediation works, regulators concluded.
- The Harker Energy Enablement project is replacing existing substations with two new substations, as part of a rebuild started in 2024, following repairs completed in 2022.
- Ofgem's regulator warned that delays and asset failures risk reliability issues impacting consumers, and said it was right that NGET accepted its failings.
- The Harker Energy Enablement project will increase capacity between Scotland and England and prepare the network for future demand, including renewable and storage connections, as regulators aim to support grid reliability.
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National Grid to pay £20m for Cumbrian substation licence breach
National Grid admitted breaching the terms of its licence at the Harker substation, near Carlisle in Cumbria, between November 2016 and November 2021.
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NGET agrees to $23m settlement for Harker substation failures
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) has agreed to a financial settlement with the energy regulator Ofgem, totalling £20m ($23.25m), following failures at the Harker 132kV substation located near Carlisle, Cumbria, North West England.
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