SP Energy Networks has opened its newly refurbished depot in Galashiels.

The facility, made possible with an investment of just under £1m, will serve as the firm's main operational hub in the Borders region.

The state-of-the-art centre will be the main hub for managing all maintenance and investment activities on the electricity network in the Borders, as well as featuring a new Emergency Action Centre that will oversee storm-related emergency response activity for the area.


Frank Mitchell, CEO of SP Energy Networks, said: "This substantial investment to create a modern, state-of-the-art headquarters in the Borders is important to support ambitious investment plans for the area. It will also be the main office to oversee any emergency response activity, such as storm events during the winter, as we have seen in the last few years.

"As well as our plans to invest millions of pounds in modernising the network in the Borders, we are looking at innovative projects to support community renewable energy schemes and making it easier to connect to the network.

"Over the next decade we will also be recruiting a new generation of engineers, many of whom will be apprentices and graduates. In the Borders area we anticipate supporting many new roles in the coming years, as well as creating hundreds of opportunities with contractors across the region."

(JP/IT)