Jan 12, 2017
National Grid to avoid being broken up
National Grid has escaped calls to be broken up to prevent conflicts between its dual role of owning and operating key parts of the energy infrastructure. Instead, a legally separate, electricity system operator will be established within National Grid, the government says. The new system operator will have distinct employees, directors and offices from other National Grid electricity subsidiary companies. National Grid owns and operates key parts of Britain's energy infrastructure. Attention has focused upon National Grid's role in developing interconnector cables to import power from abroad. Critics say that, as the system operator, National Grid could prioritise sourcing electricity via these cables rather than from other sources of generation.
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