Highlighting the critical importance of grid networks in future-proofing Britain’s energy resilience.

The Grid Networks All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) is a cross-party group of Members of Parliament. The Group will take evidence from leading experts in grid sustainability and resilience and consider the policy and legislative challenges relating to:

  • Power grid capacity in the UK – opportunities and challenges 
  • Investment in National Grid infrastructure 
  • Planning policy and the development of grid networks 
  • Emerging renewable energy systems, including Green Hydrogen 
  • The role of the public and private sector in power grid

News & Events

  • 9th September 2024

    At the meeting the APPG on Grid Networks was reconstituted in the new Parliament. Mary Glindon MP was re-elected as Chair, with Lord Arbuthnot, Tom Collins MP and Mark Ferguson MP were elected as officers of the APPG.

  • 28 February 2024

    We will receive a presentation on the current planning challenges and solutions for delivering renewable energy projects. Our speakers are planning experts in the energy sector, Phil Pearson, Director of Energy, Renewables and Infrastructure at Savills and Dan Grierson, a practicing town planner in the low carbon energy sector.

  • 14 November 2023

    Regen kindly agreed to speak to members about Energy Network Planning and Investment. Regen is a not-for-profit centre of energy expertise and market insight whose mission is to transform the energy system for a zero-carbon future.

  • 17 October 2023

    A briefing session members of the APPG with input from National Grid on the emerging challenges and opportunities for grid connectivity.

  • 12 July 2023

    First full meeting of the APPG members with evidence from industry experts including a presentation for members by the Tony Blair Institute.

  • 14 June 2023

    Mary Glindon MP Chaired the inaugural meeting of the APPG on Grid Networks which took place on Wednesday 14th June.

Upcoming APPG meetings

  • 2nd December 2024 16:00-17:00

MEMBERS OF THE GRID NETWORKS APPG

  • Mary Glindon MP

    CHAIR

  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom

  • Alex Sobel MP

  • Ben Goldborough MP

  • Bill Esterson MP

  • Dave Doogan MP

  • David Smith MP

  • Edward Morello MP

  • Emma Lewell-Buck MP

  • Graeme Downie MP

  • Grahame Morris MP

  • Helen Morgan MP

  • Jack Abbott MP

  • Joe Morris MP

  • Julie Buckley MP

  • Julie Minns MP

  • The Rt Hon. the Lord David Howell of Guildford

  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Livingston of Parkhead

  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Naseby

  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Lucas and Dingwall

  • The Rt Hon. the Lord Teverson

  • Mark Ferguson MP

  • Tom Collins MP

Contact the group

If you would like to find out more information about the Group, please contact the APPG’s Secretariat on 

contact@stephenson-mohl.co.uk

stephenson-mohl.co.uk