Kilmarnock Depot Opening - SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks Officially Opens New State-of-the-Art £1 million Kilmarnock Depot

Professor Sir Jim McDonald, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde, joined SP Energy Networks CEO Frank Mitchell today to officially open a new £1 million depot facility in Kilmarnock, which will serve as the energy company’s main engineering base covering the Ayrshire and Clyde South Zone.

SP Energy Networks directly employs around 130 people in the Ayrshire area, and through contracts and services, supports a further 250 roles. The company manages more than 10,000 km of cables in the region, as well as 7,000 substations, which connects over 360,000 homes and businesses to the electricity network.

The new depot will act as the main hub for delivering maintenance work on the network, and will also oversee planned investment of more than £150 million in the Ayrshire network over the next 8 years. In the event of severe winter weather affecting Ayrshire, the Kilmarnock depot will become the main Emergency Action Centre for co-ordinating a storm response for the region.