Former National Grid CEO Nick Winser – who describes his role as “providing independent advice to DESNZ Ministers on electricity network issues” – has been thinking aloud. The energy industry is struggling to adapt to Britain’s changing politics…
At a recent sector conference, Guido hears the big wig lamented a “worrying” political move away from “climate change denial, to climate change “don’t care”’. According to trade journal Utility Week, he reportedly pointed to the rise of the Reform Party and that infamous Tony Blair Institute report…
He said: “we need to be very careful not to be too distracted by noises“. Reform is certainly more than just noise…
Winser is estimated to have earned around £11 million during his time as CEO of National Grid. He also told a Lords committee back in February he is a “huge fan” of the clean power by 2030 objective and dismissed bill hikes for consumers as a result of going down the ‘renewable path’ as “really very low”. An independent adviser in step with Labour…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”