National Grid warns of lowest winter fuel supply for a decade
Bad weather this winter could see the UK at its biggest ever risk of blackouts, with the National Grid warning that its power reserves are stretched.
National Grid: We can ensure security of power supply
A senior official at National Grid has offered reassurances that the UK's power infrastructure is well prepared to deal with possible difficulties this winter.
Among the possible solutions to fluctuating supply is to pay companies that use a lot of energy to switch their consumption to different times of day.
Duncan Burt, National Grid's head of commercial operations, also told ITV News Consumer Editor Chris Choi that the measures would add "less than a pound" to consumers' bills.
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