National Grid (NYSE: NGG) has been about as solid of a dividend investment as any investor could ask for over the past decade. The company is the epitome of utility stocks as its regulated electricity and natural gas transmission businesses bear almost no commodity price or power-generation risk. For investors, the trade-off for that stability has been a rather slow rate of growth. Management is looking to change that, though, as a combination of several factors are coming together that could help fuel a much-improved growth rate over the next several years.