Update 22nd August 2025: More than 18,000 letters sent to Ofgem

More than 18,000 letters have been sent to Ofgem by Best for Britain supporters telling them to reject Elon Musk’s application for a licence to supply energy in the UK.

Thank you to all those who joined the campaign. The deadline for responding to Ofgem about the licence application has now ended and we will watch and wait for Ofgem to publish their decision.

The campaign made headlines, with coverage in the Guardian, Independent, The National, LBC, ITV and our CEO, Naomi Smith, appeared on Lewis Goodall’s LBC radio show to discuss the issue, arguing: 

“When we look at the things he has done against our own country; he has said that civil war in the UK is inevitable, he repeatedly stoked the riots last year sharing falsified stories and doctored images, he has been supporting Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson’s) legal fees”

“When he ran DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) in the USA, he suggested you should ignore all federal regulations and actually called for the wholesale removal of regulations during a call he hosted on X”

We wrote to Miatta Fahnbulleh MP, the Minister for Energy Consumers highlighting the thousands of people who had taken time to contact Ofgem, a number which rose to 18,778 before the 22nd August 2025 deadline for comments to Ofgem on Tesla’s application.

Our letter expressed our collective concern regarding the suitability of Musk as a ‘fit and proper’ individual to be given a foothold in our essential services. Read the full letter to the Minister below:

Elon Musk has applied for a licence to supply energy in the UK

Musk uses his business interests to promote dangerous conspiracy theories and support radical and far-right figures – even in the UK. He turned Twitter into an incubator for rightwing hate, has made public statements to undermine the British Government and helped Trump secure a second term as US president – something that continues to change our world in profoundly dangerous ways.

 

Musk has made clear he is not a ‘fit and proper’ person to be given a foothold in our essential services. Giving him any influence in our energy market is a risk the UK can’t afford to take and we have the power to do something about it.

It is up to the energy regulator Ofgem to decide and we have until  Friday 22nd August to tell them to throw Tesla’s application in the bin.

Will you Write to Ofgem?  
[THIS ACTION HAS NOW ENDED]