Speech by National Grid company director John Pettigrew at a Financial Times event
London, Thanasis Gavos
A warning of possible three-hour power blackouts in the event of reduced gas imports this winter has been reiterated to British households by the head of the electricity system operator.
Speaking at a Financial Times event, the company’s director National Grid John Pettigrew he said power outages would occur between 4-7pm, peak times, during the week and during the “really cold” days of January and February.
As he added, if these “deepest darkest nights” the power generators in the generating units do not have enough natural gas to operate, then the measure would need to be implemented.
A few days ago, National Grid had mentioned in its regular energy efficiency report the possibility of periodic three-hour power outages.
Mr. Pettigrew was more specific in his reference to the time window during which households could be without power.
He noted, however, that National Grid’s basic scenario foresees a sufficient amount of natural gas.
Britain generates 40% of the electricity it consumes through utility natural gas.
Measures being considered to avoid these blackouts include potentially importing more liquefied natural gas from the US and Qatar, extending the operation of coal-fired power plants, and rewarding consumers for reducing the use of energy-intensive appliances during off-hours peak.
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