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Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
ScottishPower, via parent company Iberdrola, secured a £600 million green-financing facility from the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF) on 25 March 2026 specifically earmarked to support development of Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4). The NWF, a public finance institution, provides longer-tenor debt to align with infrastructure asset life. The facility builds on a prior £600 million NWF loan in May 2025 that supported seven of ScottishPower's wider priority network initiatives; the new EGL4-specific facility is a separate transaction. The financing supports Iberdrola's broader £12 billion (€14 billion) UK transmission CAPEX programme through 2028 and complements regulator-permitted Early Construction Funding (13% ECF and 2.5% PCF approved by Ofgem under ASTI on 9 December 2025). UK Government statements from Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Energy Minister Michael Shanks and Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander framed the financing as central to grid investment for Clean Power 2030; NWF CEO Oliver Holbourn and ScottishPower CEO Keith Anderson positioned it as enabling delivery of nationally significant grid infrastructure including EGL4's 2 GW HVDC Fife-Norfolk link.