Morrison Utility Services confirms extension of work for Electricity Alliance South West

• The renewed contract will run until 2017 and is worth around £150 million

Morrison Utility Services, the leading utility services provider in the UK, will continue its work providing Extra High Voltage asset replacement and new electricity substation construction and extensions on National Grid’s transmission network. 

Morrison Utility Services is a partner in the Electricity Alliance South West alongside Mitsubishi, Jacobs and National Grid.  The extension to the contract between National Grid and the Alliance guarantees their continued collaboration for a further five years.  The value of the contract extension to Morrison Utility Services is around £150 million over five years.

Morrison Utility Services provides ‘turnkey’ services including civil engineering and electrical plant design, programme management, health & safety support as well as full commissioning services.  Projects currently underway include:

• Swansea North: increase to transformer capacity with installation and commissioning of a new 400KV substation

• Pyle: upgrade to transmission assets with 400kV cable replacement

• Margam: replacement of two super grid transformers

Charles Morrison, Chief Executive, Morrison Utility Services, says:

“The extension of work undertaken by the Alliance comes as a result of a thorough benchmarking of its performance by our client National Grid and signifies that it is delivering value.  I am delighted that our client recognises that we have the capability to work within new delivery models and that we can contribute to their success.  As a trusted service partner, demonstrating our response to new regulatory requirements like RIIO will be critical to our future.  With this extension agreement in place we look forward to continuing the relationships which have been the foundation for the success of the Alliance so far.”