Campaigners have urged the UK energy secretary to step in and reverse Ofgem's "misguided decision" to grant Elon Musk's Tesla Energy company a licence to supply electricity in the UK.
The energy regulator announced its decision today (March 12) to grant Musk's firm permission to supply electricity to “domestic and non-domestic consumers in Great Britain”.
It comes after Best for Britain led a campaign against Musk having access to the UK’s energy supply, including highlighting that Musk has "said that civil war in the UK is inevitable" and "repeatedly stoked the riots last year sharing falsified stories and doctored images".
Naomi Smith, Chief Executive of Best for Britain, which campaigned against Musk having access to the UK’s energy supply, said:
“We all know the British public rightly view Elon Musk as a profoundly dangerous and malign influence, who belongs nowhere near our critical infrastructure. Whoever decided his company met the “fit and proper requirement”, should consider his vindictive - and unelected - cutbacks to US foreign aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030.
“After more than 18,000 of our supporters wrote to Ofgem highlighting real public concern over Musk’s powergrab, Best for Britain are calling on the energy secretary to step in and urgently reverse Ofgem’s misguided decision. It’s not too late to do the right thing.”