Independent Stakeholder Group

NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION

Independent Stakeholder Group

We are the Independent Stakeholder Group responsible for putting users at the heart of the National Grid Electricity Transmission RIIO T3 Business Plan.

What's it all about?

We are the ‘National Grid Electricity Transmission Independent Stakeholder Group’. What we do is in our name.

  • We are ‘Independent’ experts, and the word ‘stakeholder’ is defined as those who are, or who represent the interests of, existing or future customers or end-users of the electricity transmission system operated by National Grid.

  • We developed and produced an ISG framework for delivering on our purpose and maximising our impact. The framework includes a forward plan, inputs we can expect from NGET, evaluation criteria, logs and dashboards to track progress and ISG outputs. This has been the basis for delivering our in-year responsibilities.

The new role of the ISG

We played a vital role as NGET developed its business plan for the five years from 2026-2031.  Our role was to provide a rigorous independent view to challenge NGET as it shaped the plan to reflects the needs of stakeholders. 

We now have an ongoing role to play making sure stakeholders remain at the heart of NGET’s decision making. Our objective is to deliver sustainable and ambitious outcomes in the interests of consumers and stakeholders by positively impacting NGET through critical review, challenge and holding to account.

NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION STAKEHOLDER GROUP

The Independent Stakeholder Group's role

  • The User Group’s purpose is defined within three areas of focus:

    1. Scrutinise and challenge company periodic business plans
    2. Monitor, interrogate and enhance transparency of performance against commitments
    3. Critical friend for strategy, culture and processes in key areas

     

    • Scrutinise and challenge company periodic business plans:
      • Scrutinise and challenge the development of company regulatory business plans, consistent with Ofgem' requirements.
    • Monitor, interrogate and enhance transparency of performance against commitments:
      • Hold NGET to account in delivering its business plan commitments by monitoring delivery and enhancing transparency.
      • Act independently and publicly share its assessment as the voice of NGET’S stakeholders.
      • Shaping NGET as the pathway to Net Zero is developed and challenging how it responds to external change.
    • Critical friend for strategy, culture and processes in key areas
      • Provide input and challenge to NGET’S priorities and activities.
      • Provide input and challenge to NGET’S stakeholder engagement and ensure that it’s part of decision-making processes and plans.
      • Help NGET to become more stakeholder-led; demonstrating fairness, legitimacy and consumer-focus throughout the business.
      • Provide input and challenge to NGET’S stakeholder engagement and ensure that it’s part of decision-making processes and plans.
      • Help NGET to become more stakeholder-led; demonstrating fairness, legitimacy and consumer-focus throughout the business.

  • ISG Members

    • Members of the ISG are responsible for scrutinising and providing input and expert challenge to NGET.
    • Members shall represent the interests of their constituency, not their company, as independent individuals and on the basis of their experience and knowledge. In practice, this means individual members will:
      • Bring their expertise, new insights and engagement skills.
      • Consider and review all documentation referred to the ISG.
      • Sign on to an agreed programme of work/forward agenda for the ISG. This will be discussed and adjusted with agreement from the ISG as requirements change or are further understood.
      • Be required to formally approve the ISG’s Terms of Reference.