Adapting the city

Building & Infrastructure Mike Kay Network Strategic Director, Electricity North West

The challenge for the wires Decarbonization of generation, of space heating, and of transport Managing more extreme weather – flooding and wind storms Increase in average temperatures

Electricity North West We serve only the North West of England and we are based here We serve approximately 5 million people at 2.4 million domestic and industrial locations £9bn of Network Assets 58,000km of cable 96 bulk supply substations 363 primary substations 34,000 transforming points

Carbon A doubling of electricity usage by 2050? Smart grids; smart meters – smart cities Electric Vehicles Innovation – Capacity to Customers (C2C) to reduce the new build capacity needed; make it available quickly and without digging up the streets

The weather Electricity North West is defending its critical infrastructure Significant investment in flood defences

Ambient temperature Any rise in temperature is bad for electricity networks Load growth is a much bigger effect, and ambient temperature rise will be accommodated in our changes overall

Adapting the city