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National Grid Agrees £20m Payout for Harker Failures
National Grid admitted failing to maintain Harker substation from 2016-2021 and will pay £20 million into Ofgem’s scheme supporting vulnerable customers during ongoing site rebuild.
- National Grid Electricity Transmission said it had agreed to pay 20 million pounds into Ofgem's redress scheme after breaching its licence at Harker between November 2016 and November 2021.
- Ofgem's investigation found the shortcomings were concerning as NGET failed to properly monitor, maintain and repair civil assets and to plan remediation at Harker, said Ofgem's Cathryn Scott.
- Repairs at Harker were completed in 2022, and a major programme began in 2024 to rebuild and upgrade the site with two new substations adjacent to the current site.
- Regulators said NGET's acceptance of failings was appropriate, with Cathryn Scott warning that delays and asset failures risk reliability issues that ultimately impact consumers.
- Serving the North West, Harker is central to Anglo-Scottish network capability as the Harker Energy Enablement project increases Scotland and England capacity interconnection for renewable energy generators seeking connections.
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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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