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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rob Davies

MYSTERIOUS: National grid to be partially nationalised to help reach net zero targets - What They Never Told You

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The UK government has bought the Electricity System Operator (ESO) oversight division for an undisclosed amount. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty

The job of keeping the UK’s electricity and gas flowing will be returned to public control by 2024 under government plans for the effective nationalisation of a division of National Grid.

A new public body, the Future System Operator, will have responsibility for planning and managing energy distribution, with a focus on the challenges posed by decarbonisation.

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