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Proposed British government-backed organization
Great British Grid is a proposed publicly owned entity backed by the British government that will seek to bring electrical energy distribution under greater public control and ownership. It will have access to a £4 billion investment fund that has been allocated to Great British Energy. It was announced by Prime Minister Andy Burnham in a speech at the 2026 Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.
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Grid investment has high on the UK infrastructure priority list, keeping project logisticians busy. GB Grid aims to tackle the bottlenecks.
In this Q&A, we hear from BloombergNEF’s head of Grids Research, Peter Hall, about the new state-owned company Great British Grid.
Scottish Renewables backs Great British Grid plans but warns delays to planning, consenting and grid connections could hinder Scotland’s renewable energy growth.