UK Braces for Blackouts, Gas Cuts in January in Emergency Plan

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The UK is planning for several days over the winter when cold weather may combine with gas shortages, leading to organized blackouts for industry and even households.

Under the government’s latest “reasonable worst-case scenario,” Britain could face an electricity capacity shortfall totaling about a sixth of peak demand, even after emergency coal plants have been fired up, according to people familiar with the government’s planning.

Under that outlook, below-average temperatures and reduced electricity imports from Norway and France could expose four days in January when the UK may need to trigger emergency measures to conserve gas, they said. The government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

While the UK doesn’t envisage such shortfalls under its base case, the analysis lays bare the difficult winter potentially in store for Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak when they succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister next month. If they materialize, the power cuts would come even as Britons face up to average annual energy bills possibly rising above £4,200 ($5,086) in January from just under £2,000 currently, stoking already soaring inflation.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

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[Lupus]

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

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Remember guys they just need to build more wind and destroy more oceans.

 

[Grubscrew]

This happens when you make a great man like Borris Johnson resign.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

Remember guys they just need to build more wind and destroy more oceans.

People living in the UK even have the privilege (ha!) of paying for all the crazy green policies:

What is the green levy which adds £153 to your energy bill?

Boris Johnson has rejected calls to drop the levy, which adds £153 to the average energy bill. But what is it and what is the money used for?

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[Gordon_R]

TL;DR

The UK is a net energy importer. When the crunch comes, other countries will look after their domestic consumers first, regardless of any agreements and promises.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

And then there’s Putin
UK is too vulnerable these days

 

[Messugga]

And then there’s Putin
UK is too vulnerable these days

Europe's vulnerable, not just the UK. Germany also has concerns around energy.

 

[The Voice]

Europe's vulnerable, not just the UK. Germany also has concerns around energy.

Because they import gas directly from Russia, and their green power was such a failure they had to start using coal again.

As for the UK, there’s fracking and nuclear power to invest in, and most of our gas comes from the North Sea, with around a third coming from Norway.