Electricity Networks Sector Growth Plan Interim Report
10 December 2025
Upgrading and expanding our electricity networks is not simply an engineering or technical challenge: it is our chance to lead the way on the global shift to clean, electrified economies, while maximising the benefits of network investment to the UK, including facilitating growth in related supply chains like manufacturing.
Today electricity networks and the businesses in their supply chain, have come together for the first time to reveal a work programme to create a comprehensive Electricity Networks Sector Growth Plan. This level of collaboration is a first for British network infrastructure and could serve as a model for other sectors.
The growth plan, developed jointly by Energy Networks Association (ENA) and BEAMA, working with their delivery partners, aims to provide new analysis on the impact of grid investment and create a joint, long term work programme to ensure UK businesses and communities can fully benefit from both the wider transition and specific impacts, including new jobs and supply chain opportunities.
The Electricity Networks Sector Growth Plan interim report reveals that tens of thousands of jobs are set to be generated across electricity transmission and distribution network operators, their supply chain and contractors. Upgrading our electricity networks will require highly skilled engineers, technicians and support staff, with high quality permanent jobs being created.
Within the supply chain supporting the creation of grid infrastructure, there’s the need for large quantities of equipment, including transformers, switchgear, cables, convertors and substations, as well as protection and control technology, with opportunities for UK businesses to provide both equipment and services.
The interim report launched today details the steps that the industry will take to investigate the full impact of grid investment through current and future distribution and transmission price controls. Over the next six months, ENA, BEAMA and our delivery partners, will be conducting comprehensive, sector-wide analysis that will inform the full growth plan. It aims to create:
- A comprehensive economic analysis to quantify the potential scale of growth to UK plc stemming from network investment.
- An action plan to support the growth of the UK supply chain and to strengthen domestic manufacturing capability.
A collaborative work programme to deliver workforce and skills requirements for the whole sector, covering transmission, distribution, independent networks and the supply chain.