The risks are almost as low as they were before the energy crisis, the National Grid’s Electricity System Operator said.
The risk of the lights going out has fallen ahead of this winter and is almost back to the pre-energy crisis normal, a new report has found.
That measures the average difference between how much electricity wind farms, gas power plants and others can supply and how much households and businesses will want to use. But the ESO has plans to deal with this. Should it get to this stage the grid operator springs into action and lets potential generators know they should fire up, or use other tools to ensure that the grid stays stable.
A Government spokesperson said: “These outlooks show we are in an even stronger position going into this winter than last, thanks to the efforts we have made to boost our energy security, with our system operators expecting there to be sufficient gas supply and electricity capacity to meet demand. It added that undersea pipelines will not transport as much gas from Great Britain to Europe as they did last year.
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