The country is at a ‘significant risk’ of blackouts due to gas shortages this winter, the regulator OFGEM has warned.
In a letter to Elexon, the company which administers the ‘Balancing and Settlement Code’ and which governs the privatised energy market, Ofgem says there is a ‘possibility’ Britain will enter ‘into a gas supply emergency’ this winter and lays out what would happen if it did
They said that due to the war in Ukraine and a gas shortage in Europe they is a distinct possibility of shortages this winter
The regulator says that it would first seek to reduce demand by turning first to the largest gas-users and demanding they switch off their plant.
This in practice would mean that electricity generation would be sacrificed to maintain gas supply to households.
