Collaborative Excellence Award
Winner:
ENA PCB Strategy Group
Collaborative Excellence Award
Winner:
ENA PCB Strategy Group
Details of the winning project
This ground-breaking project with approval from environmental regulators has developed an innovative statistical risk register of assets, saving UK DNOs approximately £1 billion and prevented high levels of customer interruptions.
The project was established following a change in regulations relating to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) requiring all oil filled assets installed before 1987 to be tested for PCBs or replaced by the end of 2025. The project eliminated the need for 77,400 assets to be tested or replaced so far.
Its success was achieved through close collaboration and information sharing between UK DNOs as ENA member companies and the UK Environmental regulators.
The other finalists
Avove, iNPIPE PRODUCTS, Ecofill Browne and Thames Water Citizens Advice Plymouth and Utility Warehouse Eon Next and Kidney Care UK SSEN, ENWL, NGED, UKPN, NPg, SPEN, SGN, Cadent, WWU and NGN National Grid ESO, SP Energy Networks, and TNEI Consultancy Campus
“This project showed innovation throughout all stages and delivered £1.3 billion cost savings across the UK electricity network.”