Northern Ireland Electricity

Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) is the electricity procurement and transmission company in Northern Ireland. NIE does not generate electricity but purchases it from several power stations in Northern Ireland, as well as interconnectors with the Republic of Ireland and Scotland.

NIE also jointly operates the Moyle Interconnector with Scottish Power, and has three interconnectors with the Electricity Supply Board in the Republic of Ireland. The main interconnector with the Republic of Ireland were initially built in 1970 between Tandragee and Louth but The Troubles in 1975 saw the interconnector been distroyed and left in that state for twenty years.