However, critics questioned the granting of an electricity supply licence given Musk’s sometimes controversial political commentary and time working for the US government’s Doge efficiency initiative.  Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat leader, said Tesla should be barred from holding a licence. “Elon Musk is a threat to our national security and clearly not a fit person to operate in our energy industry,” he said. “We can’t have the lights go out because he’s having a strop on X.”  Best for Britain, a campaign group chaired by Virgin Group chair Peter Norris, has campaigned against the licence being awarded to Tesla. Naomi Smith, Best for Britain chief executive, said Musk was a “dangerous and malign influence, who belongs nowhere near our critical infrastructure”.