National Grid has decided to postpone the consent application for the Wormington to Sapperton natural gas pipeline as it will not be needed in the immediate future. This is because revised figures show that gas demand for the West of England is not rising as fast as originally forecast.

However, the pipeline may be needed in the future and we will keep the situation under review.

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We own and operate over 6,800 kilometres of high-pressure transmission pipeline across Great Britain, and 132,000 kilometres of lower-pressure distribution gas mains in the North West, the Midlands, East Anglia and North London – more than half of Britain's gas transportation network, delivering gas to around 11 million homes, offices and factories.

We operate the high-voltage electricity transmission network across Great Britain, and own the network in England and Wales.

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