national grid

British  

noun

1. a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations

2. a grid of metric coordinates used by the Ordnance Survey in Britain and Ireland, and in New Zealand by the New Zealand Lands and Survey Department, and printed on their maps

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Example Sentences

The incident, caused by a temporary shutdown at the Edra Melaka power plant, highlights growing pressure on the national grid as demand for electricity rises and reserve margins stay tight, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

Tennet, the government-owned agency that runs the Netherlands' national grid, says that 8,000 companies are currently waiting to be able to feed in electricity, while 12,000 others are waiting for permission to use more power.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

The president assured those at the dialogue that ongoing power projects would address the recurring outages by adding 265 megawatts to the national grid.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

Heathrow uses as much electricity as a small city, and it has three connections to the national grid.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Soon the excess energy the mine was harvesting will be sold back to the national grid and mining bitcoin will no longer be profitable at Zengamina.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025