CEO, SP Energy Networks 

As CEO of SP Energy Networks – Nicola Connelly leads all transmission and distribution network activity across Central and Southern Scotland, North and Mid Wales, Cheshire, and Merseyside. She is responsible for ensuring 3.5 million homes and businesses benefit from a safe, secure, and resilient network, as well as driving the networks’ fundamental role in delivering net zero. With demand for electricity steadily rising SP Energy Networks is investing over £12bn in the electricity network to modernise and expand the network to ensure the safety and security of customers’ electricity supply, while enabling the network for Net Zero. By 2030, we’ll facilitate the connection of up to 1.8 million electric vehicles, 1.1 million heat pumps and 10.4GW of additional generation and storage.

Prior to joining SP Energy Networks as CEO, Nicola was Scottish Power Group’s Control and Administration Director after 19 years working across a number of finance positions across the Scottishpower Group, including Finance Director for SP Energy Networks and Scottishpower Group Financial Controller.  

Nicola joins SP Energy Networks at a crucial time, as the Network Business delivers the RIIO-2 price controls and prepares plans to take us through RIIO-3. She will drive forward SP Energy Networks, continually improving the service customers and stakeholders receive, whilst ensuring the pipes and wires underfoot and overhead are capable of meeting critical ambitions for the future energy system.