About EDF ENERGY Networks

If you live in London, the East of England or the South East, you are probably one of the 7.8 million customers that we distribute electricity to. We own and operate the electrical system outside your home, for example, the cables in or under the street. We also connect direct to the main fuse and meter in your home.

Our networks are vast. They would stretch several times around the circumference of the planet. Altogether, there are 170,000 kilometres of underground cables and overhead lines and 66,300 substations.

About Networking in Education

Liaising with Key Stage 2 & Key Stage 3 teachers, our Education Advisors bring electricity topics in the National Curriculum to life.

By focussing on electricity and safety, students gain an appreciation of where electricity comes from and how it gets to homes, businesses and schools, and how to stay safe. A range of free downloadable resources are available from the Teachers & Parents section, they help deliver a vital electricity safety message in a fun and informative way.

Free safety workshops are also available on request to schools in London, East Anglia and the South East. Safety workshops are designed for KS2 & KS3 students and include a short video either 'Dangerous Close Up' or 'Electric Graffiti'. Storylines show the type of accident that can happen if people interfere with substations or high voltage electricity. The films stimulate discussion on peer group pressures and the dangers associated with getting too close to or interfering with equipment on the electricity network.

About EDF Energy

EDF Energy is one of the UK's largest energy companies, producing around a fifth of the nation's electricity from its nuclear, coal and gas power stations, as well as combined heat and power plants and wind farms.

The company supplies gas and electricity to more than 5.5 million business and residential customers. It is the number one supplier of electricity to major business in the UK.

EDF Energy's safe and secure operation of its eight existing nuclear power stations at sites across the country makes it the UK's largest generator of low carbon electricity. EDF Energy is also leading the UK's nuclear renaissance and has published plans to build four new nuclear reactors, subject to the right investment framework. These new plants would generate enough low carbon electricity for about 40% of Britain's homes. They would make an important contribution to the UK's future needs for clean, secure and affordable energy. The project is already creating business and job opportunities for British companies and workers.

Through Our Climate and Social Commitments EDF Energy has launched the biggest environmental and social programme of any UK energy company. EDF is the official energy utilities partner and sustainability partner of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The company is also helping its customers and others use energy more sustainably through products and initiatives such as Read, Reduce, Reward and Team Green Britain.

EDF Energy is part of EDF Group, one of Europe's largest power companies. Following the integration with British Energy in 2009, the company employs nearly 20,000 people at locations across the UK.