National Grid will pay British households and businesses to cut their power consumption during peak hours this winter for the second year running to help reduce the strain on the network and reduce the risk of blackouts.
The company introduced the voluntary scheme, known as the demand flexibility service, last winter to address concerns that Britain could face power shortages.
Fears of blackouts at times of high demand grew following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which disrupted gas supplies, and problems at some of the nuclear power stations in France, which is Europe’s biggest exporter of electricity.
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