Independent investigators have found significant and concerning “cultural issues” at Great Britain’s grid operator after control room staff accused senior executives of covering up the extent of blackout risks in the UK during the June heatwave.
An external legal firm tasked with investigating a series of whistleblower allegations against the National Energy System Operator (Neso) raised concerns over how high levels stress among control room engineers was handled by the company.
The three-month investigation began after whistleblowers accused Neso of a cover-up over the growing risk of blackouts. They claimed the grid was becoming increasingly unmanageable, and that control room decisions were subject to “interference” by the company’s corporate affairs team to protect the reputation of the government-owned operator.
The unprecedented control room revolt included multiple internal complaints, the leak of internal documents to the press, and accusations of whistleblower intimidation.
Neso was forced to abandon plans for an internal investigation into the claims in favour of an independent investigation by the law firm Evershed Sutherlands, whose findings were published on Monday.
The law firm said that while it found “no evidence” of inappropriate influence over operational decisions, or that control room engineers were warned against leaving a paper trail of their efforts to stabilise the grid, the investigation found “cultural, governance and control issues” that were “...
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