National Grid announces deep discount rights issues and asset sales to pay for network upgrade National Grid has the market's appetite post the election call with a £7 billion equity raise as part of a five-year £60 billion infrastructure investment programme and debt restructuring. The issue is being priced at 645p, a near 40% discount to last night's close suggesting it must have been a struggle to persuade investors to stump up the cash, even though it is fully underwritten.