A cold and windless day could result in households’ lights being dimmed this
winter, despite new emergency measures to prevent blackouts, experts have
warned.
Britain’s spare capacity – the safety buffer between electricity supplies and
peak demand – has fallen to just 4 per cent, the lowest level in seven
years, following a series of power plant fires and closures, analysis from
National Grid revealed.
Ministers on Tuesday insisted there would be no blackouts, thanks to emergency
measures to bolster the margin back up to 6 per cent – higher than last year
- by paying three power plants millions of pounds to guarantee their
availability and paying factories to switch off during times of peak demand.
But experts cast doubt on those assurances."
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