The government’s emergency contingency plans for predicted gas and electricity shortages this winter include appeals to the public to use less energy.
Continue ReadingLast week, with temperatures boiling, Britain came perilously close to blackouts when electricity demand nearly outstripped supply. Even as the weather cooled, underinvestment…
Continue ReadingHouseholds Could Be Paid to Use Less Electricity to Prevent Blackouts
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Millions of households could be paid to use less power during peak times under a plan by the electricity grid operator to reduce…
Continue ReadingSoaring gas and electricity prices and the outage of a subsea cable to France have increased the risk of power cuts to homes…
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