👉 The National Grid could impose blackouts between 4pm and 7pm on the coldest days in January and February as part of a “worst case scenario” if Britain cannot import enough gas from Europe But how likely is it? ⤵️
Speaking yesterday, Mr Pettigrew said in a “worst case” scenario power could be cut off to parts of the country for up the three hours “probably between 4pm and 7pm in the evenings on those weekdays when it’s really, really cold in January and February”.
Mr Pettrigrew assured that there was a “huge amount of work” being done by energy suppliers and the regulator to ensure vulnerable people would receive support in the case of blackouts, amidThe National Grid has already put a number of measures in place in an attempt to prevent blackouts from becoming a reality this winter, includingMoves are also underway to reopen the Rough natural gas storage site in the North Sea which was closed in 2017, however industry...
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