Britain was on brink of shutting down last month as energy bosses tried to hide potential blackout disaster, whistleblowers claim

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Britain was on brink of shutting down last month as energy bosses tried to hide potential blackout disaster, whistleblowers claim.

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Britain came perilously close to a nationwide blackout during last month's extreme heat, according to whistleblowers.Sources from within the energy industry have alleged that energy bosses attempted to conceal the severity of the crisis.Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho informed Parliament that she had been contacted by multiple insiders from the National Energy System Operator (Neso) with serious concerns about events on June 23, when temperatures soared to 34C.The whistleblowers claimed that on that date, the grid operator "failed to meet the grid security standards put in place to prevent blackouts".

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Departments across Whitehall were reportedly warned about the possibility of power cuts in the lead-up to the incident, after Neso issued an emergency margin call requesting generators to boost supplies following a forecast shortfall.Beyond the failure to maintain security standards, she told MPs that Neso's corporate affairs team had "interfered...

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