Electricity
Electricity is the lifeblood of any City. UK Power
Networks is responsible for providing the City of London’s
350,000 workers and 8,000 residents with enough power to support
the ongoing needs of their buildings and homes.
Within London UK Power Networks manages over 30,900 km
of underground network offering a supply reliability of 99.98%.
Demand for electricity in the City of London has increased
dramatically in recent years, owing to the widespread use of power
intensive IT systems, and associated cooling systems to support
trading floors within City businesses.The City of London’s City
Property Advisory and Highways Management Teams are working closely
with UK Power Networks to ensure that the Square Mile's
electricity supply network is provided with
sufficient capacity and resilience for its current occupiers
and for new buildings which will be coming online in the
future.
33 KV Network
UK Power Networks has developed a new 33 KV network that
will be used to supply all buildings requiring more than 5
Megawatts of electricity, and is being constructed in order to
accommodate the growing need for more electricity to supply new
development in the Square Mile.
The 33KV network will provide much needed increased network
capacity and greater resilience to buildings, and will be delivered
in three phases with phase one being completed in 2012,
which can be seen in the
Strategic Utilities Street Works
Map (PDF, 1.7mb)
Gas
National Grid gas mains replacements
National Grid is
undertaking a programme of works to replace the City’s oldest gas
mains, many of which are over 100 years old, and which over time
have eroded, causing gas leaks. National Grid will
be replacing these mains on a gradual basis, as they reach the end
of their life cycle, and therefore the works will only affect small
areas of the City at a time.
For further queries or information please contact CPAT on 020
7332 1910