Protecting, restoring and enhancing biodiversity
Managing the environmental impacts of our assets is a key aspect of our transmission network in this time of significant change, elevated public opinion and increased legislative requirement. Full environmental impact assessments or appraisals are conducted as part of planning applications and our environmental team works hard to develop optimal solutions that consider the environment and our stakeholders.
Once our projects are completed our operations team, who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the asset during its life, receive an environmental handover pack with details all of the known constraints so that should any maintenance be required it can be undertaken with due regard to the environment.