Britain is being governed by Net Zero zealots — and the outlook is bleak

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Britain is being governed by Net Zero zealots — and the outlook is bleak.

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Britain's electricity grid is apparently now so fragile control room staff at the grid operator Neso – the people responsible for keeping the lights on – have felt obliged to sound the alarm.

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A shadow energy secretary, Claire Coutinho, revealed in Parliament on Wednesday, Neso whistleblowers have suggested to her things have become so bad the grid is now starting to breach the so-called "Security and Quality of Supply Standard".This is designed to ensure that the grid always has something in reserve so if something bad happens – a major power station tripping off the grid, for instance – the lights stay on.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say So little generation capacity was available the control room was struggling to meet demand, let alone having anything in reserve.This is very worrying – it is one thing for margins to be tight in winter and quite another to see supply shortfalls in the middle of summer when demand is low.

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