https://order-order.com/2026/10/22/energy-grid-wobbles-as-neso-triggers-emergency-measures-to-import-power-from-france/
Billpayers are footing the cost for this consistent inability to predict energy demands on the grid. Balancing power distribution across Britain cost £47.9 million last Wednesday alone, including £1.6 million for a single half-hour. September’s £505 million was the highest monthly figure on record. Around 9GW of wind was paid to switch off while NESO bought power from France – a scramble to avoid blackouts. Burnham’s answer is Great British Grid – another publicly owned grid company, to confuse the process even further. It isn’t even winter yet…
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