Posted on 10/06/2022 10:33:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The country has been put on notice that the chances of gas shortages this winter have risen markedly, prompting a contingency plan to prioritise heating.
National Grid's Electricity System Operator (ESO) warned that planned three-hour power blackouts could be imposed in some areas, in the "unlikely" event supplies of gas fall short of demand.
It revealed the measure in an update on the UK's state of energy readiness for the cold months ahead but it said that the risk of temporary power cuts could be avoided with help from the public.
The report showed, under a base case scenario, that margins between peak demand and power supply were expected to be sufficient and similar to recent years thanks to secure North Sea gas supplies, imports via Norway and by ship.
The ESO urged households to help manage that balance by signing up to an energy-saving scheme through their supplier, in a bid to help ease the risk of the lights going out.
The "demand flexibility service", due to start next month, will see bill-payers be paid to save energy during peak hours.
Coal generators, that the operator said would have otherwise closed, will be used to maintain supply. In an effort to generate enough power to supply 600,000 homes the ESO is securing contracts with three generators to keep five coal units open and on standby.
A separate study by National Grid Gas Transmission, which is a separate business to the ESO, saw the potential for the shortfall in gas supplies within continental Europe - as a result of Russia's war in Ukraine - to impact the UK's usual ability to attract imports.
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Hope they all freeze, couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of Limes.
Take that Putin!
This has little to do with Russia, and is pure incompetence by the UK government.
There is no pipeline from Russia to the UK and it was never a major gas supplier to them.
Yet somehow Germany has gathered enough gas to get through the winter while the UK is only now discovering its tanks are empty.
Ever since the Democrats cheated their way back into power, it’s been nothing but shortages, gloom, high crime, doom, mandates, high interest rates, warning, threats, talk of world war, open borders, and the dollar becomes worth less and less by the day..Gezzuz..
Hard to believe there there was anyone stupid enough to support these globalist American hating liars.
There! Fixed it.
Vote Trump-endorsed MAGA candidates for federal and state governments in November.
When you know sh*t is literally hitting the fan in Europe:
“Europe has a toilet paper crisis. This says a lot about the industry.”
https://trendingnewsbuzzer.com/europe-has-a-toilet-paper-crisis-this-says-a-lot-about-the-industry/
“Energy crisis leaves Germany’s toilet paper makers struggling to clean up”
https://archive.ph/nLpuI#selection-1413.0-1413.73
“EU to ban Russian toilet paper”
https://www.rt.com/news/563687-russia-sanctions-soap-toilet-paper/
Oceania,
Oceania,
/cue the 1984 soundtrack
The people in the UK are as brainwashed as those in the US. And the UK government was just as crazy pushing for this war as was Poland, so they can suck up the consequences of their decision as far as I am concerned.
They used to do this when they had all those coal miner strikes.
Along with Krauts and frogs.
I lived thru those, they caused the fall of ted heath’s tory government in 1974. that was thatcher’s main motivation in destroying manufacturing industry a decade later
Correct. This has nothing to do with Russia. Trump had said the UK energy needs were”assured”.
“Germany has gathered enough gas to get through the winter”
Some still do not know that they will make it completely through but. Germany has vast storage and a good many countries over there rely on that storage for their supply.
Especially the UK.
As far as who gets the blame? It is the USA.
Commies controlled the Miner Unions.
In fact, Meloni in Italy is going to find that out that hard way in Italy, that the Communists still control the Unions there.
"First Rule of Leadership: Everything is your fault!" - Hopper
Go ask Gretta, when its cold and dark.
UK for now not USA!
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