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 ReadingOctopus customers to be paid to decrease energy usage during peak times
Written by Fergus Cole in Energy Suppliers
Octopus Energy is launching a trial scheme with the National Grid in which households will be paid to restrict electricity usage during peak…
Continue ReadingNational Grid and Scottish Power Transmission told to pay £158m
Written by Michael Quinn in Energy Suppliers
After being found responsible for causing delays to Western Link – a subsea power cable – both the National Grid and Scottish Power…
Continue ReadingA major fire has severed one of the British grid’s most important links to Europe, pushing power prices still higher and forcing the…
Continue ReadingPossibility of Blackouts Without Government Action on EV Charging, Transport Committee Warns
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Unless Britain’s power grid is upgraded, the demand of millions of electric vehicles could cause blackouts, the House of Commons’s Transport Committee warns.
Continue ReadingIndependent Body to Replace National Grid as Electricity System Operator
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
National Grid will lose its role in running Great Britain’s electricity grid to an independent body, which will better and more cheaply deliver…
Continue ReadingThe carbon intensity of Great Britain’s electricity was 5% higher in the first months of 2021 than it was over the same period…
Continue ReadingNew Independent Electricity System Operator Could Save Billpayers up to £4.8bn
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
The energy regulator supports stripping National Grid of its role managing Great Britain’s electricity system, saying an independent body would deliver more value…
Continue ReadingAll three of the remaining coal stations serving the British grid were fired up yesterday morning to meet a shortfall of electricity after…
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