National Grid plc

British multinational electricity and gas utility company
Organization business Q1465461
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National Grid plc

Summary

National Grid plc is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,002 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Grid plc is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • National Grid plc is in the country of GB[4].
  • National Grid plc's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • National Grid plc's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • National Grid plc's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • National Grid plc's instance of is recorded as transmission system operator for electricity[8].
  • National Grid plc followed Lattice Group[9].
  • National Grid plc followed Central Electricity Generating Board[10].
  • National Grid plc's headquarters location is recorded as London[11].
  • National Grid plc's chief executive officer is recorded as John Pettigrew[12].
  • National Grid plc's child organization or unit is recorded as National Grid US[13].
  • National Grid plc's child organization or unit is recorded as National Grid Electricity Transmission[14].
  • National Grid plc's child organization or unit is recorded as National Grid Electricity Distribution[15].
  • National Grid plc is part of FTSE 100 Index[16].
  • National Grid plc's Commons category is recorded as National Grid plc[17].
  • National Grid plc's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[18].
  • National Grid plc's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[19].
  • National Grid plc's industry is recorded as electric power industry[20].
  • National Grid plc's chairperson is recorded as Sir Peter Gershon[21].
  • January 1, 1990 marks the founding of National Grid plc[22].
  • 2000-07-11 marks the founding of National Grid plc[23].
  • National Grid plc's official website is recorded as https://nationalgrid.com[24].
  • National Grid plc's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/network-and-infrastructure/network-route-maps[25].
  • National Grid plc's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'National Grid Plc'}[26].
  • National Grid plc's legal form is recorded as public limited company[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 8R95QZMKZLJX5Q2XR704[28]

  • Registered legal name: National Grid PLC[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: GB[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): B6ES[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 2000-07-11[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-06-06[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-10-03[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-10-03[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000585[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 04031152[41]

  • Other names: National Grid Transco PLC, National Grid Group PLC, New National Grid PLC, Intercede 1610 Limited[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1990[22] and 2000-07-11[23].

Identity

National Grid plc's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'National Grid Plc'}[26]. It is part of FTSE 100 Index[16]. Predecessors include Lattice Group[9] and Central Electricity Generating Board[10].

Leadership

National Grid plc's chief executive officer is recorded as John Pettigrew[12]. Its chairperson is recorded as Sir Peter Gershon[21].

Operations

National Grid plc's headquarters location is recorded as London[11]. Subsidiaries include National Grid US[13], a business[44], in United States[45], headquartered in New York City[46]; National Grid Electricity Transmission[14], a subsidiary company[47], in United Kingdom[48], founded in 1989[49]; and National Grid Electricity Distribution[15], a subsidiary company[50], in United Kingdom[51], founded in 1999[52], headquartered in Cardiff[53].

Industry

National Grid plc's industry is recorded as electric power industry[20].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange[18] and London Stock Exchange[19].

Why It Matters

National Grid plc ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,002 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . nationalgrid.com. nationalgrid.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . nationalgrid.com. nationalgrid.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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