How SP Manweb will facilitate energy for Wales for the next 50 years

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1 Stephen Stewart Director, SP Manweb SP Energy Networks How SP Manweb will facilitate energy for Wales for the next 50 years 1

2 SP Manweb licence area of SP Energy Networks Distribution Network Operator for Merseyside, Cheshire, North Shropshire and North & Mid Wales area We distribute the electricity to your home and business no matter who you pay your bill to Around 30p of your daily electricity bill allows us to maintain the network which brings power to your home Large employer across the North Wales and Merseyside area 1000 staff 45 real apprenticeships Investing over 700 million in North Wales to prepare our electricity network for the future 2 2

3 SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola group Finland Latvia Poland Ukraine Estonia Russia Slovakia Germany United Kingdom Mexico USA. Venezuela Bolivia Switzerland France Spain Portugal Italy Albania Algeria Tunisia Brazil Greece UAE Qata India Syria r Kazakhstan Kenya FYR of Macedonia China Taiwan South Korea Chile Current presence Generation / Distribution Renewables Engineering 3

4 SP Energy Networks and ScottishPower in the UK ScottishPower Group of Companies SP Energy Networks Separate Business 4

5 SP Energy Networks across North and Mid Wales Local District General Managers North Wales District Dee Valley & Mid Wales District 132kV Business Huge focus on delivering excellent Customer Service SPEN electricity network is already Smart Active Network Management Innovative ANGLE-DC Project 5

6 Large Projects being delivered across North and Mid Wales Investing over 700 million in 8 years Completed Projects Trawsfynydd to Maentwrog Projects being delivered Anglesey Caergeiliog Grid Aberystwyth Grid Oswestry Grid North Shropshire Reinforcement Customer Driven North Wales Windfarm Wylfa Circuit Diversions Glyn Rhonwy Hydro - Snowdonia 3 rd Generation Unemployment Most deprived area of North Wales - Rhyl New initiative to provide employment opportunities Increasing supply partners network 6

7 How the electricity network is changing Historically our network was built to take electricity from National Grid and into peoples homes That is now changing.. Wales can now be a net exporter Huge increase in Battery Storage applications Limited activity from Heat Pumps and Electric Vehicles but expected in next 5 years 7

8 Friday 22 nd April 2017 UK s first coal free day 8

9 Transmission Impacts Transfers between Scotland and England are increasingly driven by wind conditions 44 Hours in November GW swing from 2.9 GW Export to 2.7 GW Import 9

10 San Francisco 7 Hour Power Outage 88,000 customers 10

11 Power flows are changing as the future beckons Closure of Longannet in March GW coal fired power station Historically we have transmitted power from Scotland to England We may see the power going from South to North in the future The Western Link HVDC Project will transmit 2.2 GW of power 11

12 The future for SP Manweb ANGLE - DC 18million project New Grid Transformer at Caergeiliog DC cables under the Britannia Bridge between the mainland and the Isle of Anglesey Active Network Management across North and Mid Wales 12

13 Low Carbon Technology Forecasts how it will affect our network and investment MW EVs EVs MW Forecast EVs MW Actuals Distributed Generation uptake in line with forecast Huge increase in Battery Storage applications HPs Limited activity from Electric Vehicles to date 700 MW Heat Pumps MW Forecast Heat Pumps MW Actuals Electric Vehicles expected to increase in next 5 years Slow start to heat pump uptake 13

14 Electric Vehicles will happen we need to be ready SP Manweb has 1.4 million domestic customers. What would happen if every household plugged in an electric vehicle when they got home from work? 14

15 What does the future look like? 15

16 SP Energy Networks keen to work with local stakeholders Working together to facilitate the future energy policy for North Wales Stephen Stewart Director, SP Manweb, SP Energy Networks Andy Churchman North Wales District General Manager Liam O Sullivan Dee Valley & Mid Wales District General Manager Liam.O Sullivan@spenergynetworks.co.uk Rachel Shorney Stakeholder Engagement Manager Rachel.shorney@spenergynetworks.co.uk 16