National Grid could trigger emergency UK blackout plan tomorrow - here's what it could mean for you
The National Grid could launch an emergency UK blackout plan for first time ever tomorrow. Households across Britain could be paid on Tuesday evening to help take strain off the country’s energy grid as French nuclear plants will be unable to help deal with demand.
The scheme was launched earlier this month and has already been tested twice, but has not yet run live. It comes as forecasts projected a large drop in the amount of power that Britain will be able to import from France.It will mean that the difference between the amount of electricity available for households and businesses and the amount they will use during peak times will be tight.
More than half of the nuclear reactors run by state energy company EDF have closed due to maintenance problems and technical issues. It has added to a massive energy crisis in Europe as the country faces a winter without its old gas supplier Russia. It released data showing that its customers had helped reduce demand by more than 100 megawatts during both tests. That is the same amount of electricity that a small power plant produces. Octopus said that some of its customers had earned more than £4 during the hour-long sessions, the average saving was “well over £1”.
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