Households across Britain could face three-hour rolling blackouts in January and February if gas stocks run low, the head of the National Grid has claimed.
Chief executive John Pettigrew said the firm may need to introduce rolling power cuts in January and February, specifying the blackouts would occur on 'really, really cold days' during the week should Britain fail to secure enough gas supplies from Europe.  
Speaking at the Financial Times's Energy Transition Summit, Pettigrew warned that Britain's gas-fired power stations, which generate a large portion of the nation's power, are facing a considerable scarcity of fuel. To learn more on Kombi Servisi have a look at our internet site.  
That, combined with slow wind speeds for wind turbines and lower imports of electricity from Europe, would put excess strain on the grid and could lead to drastic energy shortages, necessitating co-ordinated blackouts.
Pettigrew's warning echoed that of the National Grid's Electricity System Operator Kombi Servisi (ESO), which earlier this month said households and businesses might face planned three-hour outages to ensure the grid does not collapse.
But a move to implement blackouts would need approval from the Government as well as King Charles.











He said the first two months of next year were of particular concern, and a shortage of fuel for gas-fired power stations - which generate a large portion of the UK's power - combined with slow wind speeds and lower imports of electricity from Europe would put strain on the grid





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