Southern Electric Power Distribution PLC

Britain's race to electrify our transport and heat is reshaping every street, yet open trenches slow the journey, increase costs and disrupt the lives of millions. By 2035 every new car will be electric and heat pumps installations could reach 1.5 million installations/ year. Utilities already dig up Britain's roads four million times per year at an enorm...

**DIME (Demand Insights for Metered Enterprises** tackles a critical data gap for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with non-half-hourly metering, particularly in high street areas. These businesses make up 99.8% of the UK's private sector and are vital to achieving decarbonisation goals, yet DSOs lack visibility of their demand profiles. DIME use...

The distribution connections queue is c.180GW and growing, driven by electrification of demand and growth in low-carbon generation and storage. Assessing overall network impacts from this ever-evolving connections stack is challenging, complicating networks' assessment of available headroom and future investment needs. FastTrack, an Artificial Intelligenc...

Non-Technical Losses (NTL) are electricity losses resulting from theft, unknown unmetered supplies, or metering inaccuracies. They directly impact on both customers' bills and our carbon footprint. Losses due to theft also often lead to serious safety incidents. Current methods of identifying and monitoring losses are outdated and inefficient. I-LAD Servi...

Electrical Losses are the difference in the energy that enters the electrical network and that which reaches consumers premises. Without intervention losses are forecast to increase with increasing electrification. They not only directly impact on customer's bill and our carbon footprint, but losses due to theft often lead to serious safety incidents. Cur...

The connection request queue is at least 723GW and growing, driven by low-carbon technologies, renewable energy and new developments. Assessing the overall network impact from this volume of applications is challenging, making it difficult to assess available headroom and future investment needs. FastTrack, an AI solution, aims to simulate the impact of b...

Our electricity network faces significant challenges from climate change including flooding, overheating and frequent storm-force winds. Traditional grey engineered solutions (e.g. concrete flood defences or cooling systems) are effective but carbon-intensive and provide limited additional benefits. The Nature4Networks project explores Nature-based Soluti...

The decarbonisation of the marine sector is likely to drive a substantial surge in national electrical demand. The sector has a critical role in UK economy and supporting island communities, but is also complex, with huge diversity across ports and their stakeholders. Seeking to address this challenge, SeaChange will: \*build a replicable, localised model...