John Rhodes (Northern Powergrid), pictured above, moving the motion at the energy supply industry conference, said: “Since privatisation, DNOs have gone different ways with pay scales, bonuses and standby arrangements and I don’t think it’s very clear what other people get – you just hear whispers.”

Pooling information across DNOs would provide Prospect with the information it needed. As a collective, it was important for the union to have this information and it was time for for much more transparency, he said.

Photographer: Stefano Cagnoni