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This was my first thought. My second thought is, UK infra is crumbling so bad, this is really most likely just business as usual...

gambiting 2y ago
It's all been privatized and they don't care about anything other than maintaing profits so of course we're seeing the effects now. It's also why every single water provider in the UK is dumping raw sewage into our rivers and when the government tries to make them fix it they cry about how that will eat into their profits and how it's unfair.
- blitzar 2y ago
  Getting bailed out by the government because you ran it into the ground is the plan when you buy one of these assets.
  - ta1243 2y ago
    Privitise the profits, socialise the losses. Makes perfect sense. Also makes sense to pay for enough brainwashing to enable this.
- Devilspawn6666 2y ago
  Nope... The UK electricity grid is nationalised - it's run by the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
  - gambiting 2y ago
    The top level grid - yes. Regional operators are private. https://weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/energy https://weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/energy
  - traceroute66 2y ago
    > The UK electricity grid is nationalised That is only a very recent change though, 1 October 2024[1]. Before that it was very much privatised, 1990–2024[2]. Technically in the background I suspect you will find very little has changed since October 2024 since (a) not enough time has passed (b) things like TUPE means you will end up with most of the same people doing the same things under a different logo, at least for a little while until changes get phased in. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Energy_System_Operator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Energy_System_Operato... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grid_(Great_Britain) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grid_(Great_Britain)

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This was my first thought. My second thought is, UK infra is crumbling so bad, this is really most likely just business as usual...

by rich_sasha 2y ago

gambiting 2y ago
It's all been privatized and they don't care about anything other than maintaing profits so of course we're seeing the effects now. It's also why every single water provider in the UK is dumping raw sewage into our rivers and when the government tries to make them fix it they cry about how that will eat into their profits and how it's unfair.
- blitzar 2y ago
  Getting bailed out by the government because you ran it into the ground is the plan when you buy one of these assets.
  - ta1243 2y ago
    Privitise the profits, socialise the losses. Makes perfect sense. Also makes sense to pay for enough brainwashing to enable this.
- Devilspawn6666 2y ago
  Nope... The UK electricity grid is nationalised - it's run by the National Energy System Operator (NESO).
  - gambiting 2y ago
    The top level grid - yes. Regional operators are private. https://weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/energy https://weownit.org.uk/public-ownership/energy
  - traceroute66 2y ago
    > The UK electricity grid is nationalised That is only a very recent change though, 1 October 2024[1]. Before that it was very much privatised, 1990–2024[2]. Technically in the background I suspect you will find very little has changed since October 2024 since (a) not enough time has passed (b) things like TUPE means you will end up with most of the same people doing the same things under a different logo, at least for a little while until changes get phased in. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Energy_System_Operator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Energy_System_Operato... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grid_(Great_Britain) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Grid_(Great_Britain)