Alison Kay

Alison Kay, the National Grid's commercial director for transmissions, will also take to the stage.

Alison Kay, Commercial Director, Transmission;

Alison Kay

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Alison KayShe joined the company as a solicitor in Legal Services in March 1996 and was appointed to the position of Senior Solicitor in July 1996.Appointed as General Counsel and Company Secretary of The National Grid Company plc in February 2000.Prior to joining National Grid, she spent 9 years with Birmingham based law firm, Martineau Johnson.Age 36.

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Writing to National Grid Commercial Director Alison Kay, Ofgem's Director of Transmission Stuart Cook said: "Given the significant level of forecast costs and the fact that the rate at which constraint costs are incurred will increase significantly in the next few weeks, we consider this matter requires your immediate attention."

Alison KayCommercial Director, Transmission, National Grid
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Alison KayCommercial Director, Transmission, National Grid

Alison Kay , 35 , joined the company as a solicitor in legal services in March 1996 and was appointed as senior solicitor in July 1996.She was appointed as general counsel and company secretary of National Grid in February 2000.

Directors' fees

Non-executive directors receive a fee of $36 , 100 with an additional $7 , 220 payable for committee chairmanship.The non-executive chairman receives a fee of $173 , 280.Non-executive fees are determined by the board subject to the limits applied by National Grid's Articles of Association.

Alison Kay, Commercial Director, Transmission, National Grid
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Alison Kay spoke about the work which National Grid has been doing on scenarios for renewables in Scotland which have demonstrated the high potential.She said that National Grid has identified Planning, System Capacity, the Access Regime and Network Investment frameworks as barriers and set out the action it is taking in each area.
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Alison Kay said that it is absolutely key in any renewable energy scenario, it is already booked up for generation in the Highlands.

AK was asked if English consumers would begin to resent paying for Scottish renewables , she said that the subsidy costs issue was starting to get some traction across the UK; a question was put about the capacity that National Grid could free up in the short-term with connect and manage with National Grid saying that this would depend on Ofgem, but much is also stuck in planning.

Alison Kay, Commercial Director - Transmission, National Grid

Alison KayCommercial Director, Transmission, National Grid

Divisional legal heads are yet to be finalised, although it is believed that the current National Grid UK head of legal Alison Kay and Lattice Property's head of legal Stephen Bentzien are in line to secure senior roles.