National Grid has said it will 'learn the lessons' after nearly one million lost power on Friday Director of Operations Duncan Burt told the BBC that this was a 'incredibly rare event' and 'we are confident that this wasn't a cyber attack'
National Grid has said it will"learn the lessons" after nearly one million people across England and Wales lost power on Friday.
But director of operations Duncan Burt told the BBC that its systems"worked well" after the"incredibly rare event" of two power stations disconnecting.Regulator Ofgem has demanded an"urgent detailed report" into what went wrong. It said it could take enforcement action, including a fine, after train passengers were stranded, traffic lights failed to work and thousands of homes were plunged into darkness during the blackout.The power outage happened at about 17:00 BST on Friday, National Grid said, with blackouts across the Midlands, the South East, South West, North West and north east of England, and Wales.
Industry experts said that a gas-fired power station at Little Barford, Bedfordshire, failed at 16.58, followed two minutes later by the Hornsea offshore wind farm disconnecting from the grid.
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