A watertight investment

A £300,000 investment to improve flood defence measures at a major electricity substation in Timberdine, South Worcestershire, has paid dividends during the recent heavy rainfall.

We are responsible for the substation and committed to investing in our network to improve supply reliability and customer service levels.

Our latest initiative involved building flood walls around equipment in the substation, installing pumps within existing cable troughs, adding flood defence doors and membranes on the building and raising equipment above expected flood levels.

Jane Rawlings, Projects Team Manager for the area said: “Following torrential rain overnight on Tuesday, the flood defences activated and we were able to safeguard supply reliability to around 14,000 customers in the Timberdine area.

“Our investment ensures that we can provide a high level of service to Timberdine in the long term, by improving the infrastructure and security of our electricity network,” said Jane.