Crieff homes and businesses to benefit from our £266,000 electricity network upgrade

We're all set to embark on a £266,000 project to upgrade our infrastructure in the east side of Crieff, making customers' supplies more robust and resilient, as well as increasing network capacity to support the increase in EV chargers, heat pumps and other low carbon technologies.

This essential project has two main programmes of work - upgrading over 1km of the town’s existing underground cable network, along with the replacement of East High Street substation with a new, upgraded one at Leadenflower Car Park.

Work will be carried out in two phases, with the first due to start on 26 August and be completed early October; the second phase, which will start shortly after the completion of Phase One, is due to be finished by early November. 

• Phase One will include laying a new high voltage cable from Leadenflower Car Park to Countess Gardens Substation. This phase will also include laying cables from Leadenflower Car Park Substation towards East High Street. 

• Phase Two will involve laying a new cable from Leadenflower Car Park to Strathearn Terrace Substation.

Speaking ahead of the works starting, our Project Manager, Chris Dodds, said:

“We’re committed to providing a safe, secure and reliable supply of electricity to our customers all year round, and this £266,000 investment will not only help to boost resilience of supplies for our existing customers, it’s also designed to take into account the future expansion of homes and businesses in the Crieff area.

"By upgrading over 1km of underground cable and installing a new, upgraded replacement substation, we’re not only making the network in this part of Crieff stronger to minimise the risk of power cuts, our project is also going to increase network capacity, which is a major enabler of the country’s net zero ambitions as it supports customers as they make the move to low carbon technologies such as EVs and heat pumps”.

 Our Customer Relationship Manager, Mark Westwood, explained:

“For everyone's safety, it’ll be necessary to either close or partially close the sections of road where, and when, our work will be taking place. All work which requires diversions or traffic management will be signposted in advance, giving our local customers and commuters as much notice as possible. 

“We realise that any time we’re carrying out essential work on the public highway it can also bring the potential to disrupt our customers’ day-to-day routines, and so we’d like to apologise in advance if we cause any inconvenience and also thank customers for their patience.”