Directors' Dealings

National Grid Group PLC
20 March 2000


The National Grid Group plc (NGG)

NGG 1996 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST (ESOP)
(Notification  Of  Directors' Interests  pursuant  to  Section
324(2) of the Companies Act 1985)
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NGG on Friday 17 March received a further notification from 
the ESOP Trustee; that each of the Executive Directors of NGG
(S J Box, W Gerretsen, D H Jones and R J Urwin) had ceased to
be technically interested in a total of 14,598 NGG Ordinary shares,
by virtue of the Trustee having transferred the shares to an employee 
in an exercise on 16 March 2000.

(Note: For Companies Act purposes, the Executive Directors of
NGG are deemed to have a technical interest in the shares held by
NGG's ESOP, together with all participating employees. The
interest ceases when shares are transferred to participants
by the exercise of executive share options or under another
employees' share scheme.)

Contact: D C Forward, Assistant Secretary (0171 620 8920)