National Grid: will Tories nationalise the energy system operator?

Ministers are considering a range of options, including an independent, public-owned company

WINSCOMBE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 06:The sun goes behind an electricity pylon that is sited besides the M5 motorway near Winscombe on November 6, 2012 in Somerset, England. The National Gr
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As concern grows over the UK's energy security, it has emerged that the government is considering stripping a key system-operator role from National Grid and handing it to a public-owned body.

That sounds a bit like a nationalisation?

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