Households have been warned about the possibility of three-hour planned blackouts this winter
. However, the National Grid Electricity System Operator described the blackouts as being the "worst-case scenario" in a report last month.
It wrote on Twitter: "The ESO has now withdrawn the Capacity Market Notice issued at 2:33pm today." Any forced cut off would most probably be in the evening, when power demand peaks.As reported by the Mirror, John Pettigrew, CEO of the National Grid, recently confirmed this at the Financial Times' Energy Transition Summit.
If power cuts were thought necessary, households and businesses would be given 24 hours’ notice. How widespread it would be depends how much network operator companies are asked to cut demand. In a bid to conserve as much power as possible ahead of the arrival of winter, homeowners are being urged to reduce their energy usage at home. This includes, if possible, avoiding using power during peak hours, having showers instead of baths and turning down the thermostat on your boiler.
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