UK blackout plans are an informative read for the EU
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
UK energy blackout plans are an informative read.
Hope people in the EU are also paying attention and have plans already in place.
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“If things become desperate this winter, it is Jacob Rees-Mogg who will turn out our lights. Nobody enters politics craving that responsibility, but in the event of an electricity supply emergency being declared in Great Britain, it is the Business Secretary who may have to order a programme of blackouts.
That last-resort decision remains “unlikely” in the coming months, according to the national energy network controller National Grid. Even analysts who worry the organisation is being naïve, complacent or simply reluctant to reveal the true potential for a crisis still say that households probably won’t be disconnected from electricity.
● But for the first time in decades, it is a genuine possibility, and not an outlandish one.
… The emergency plans in detail
● Stage one
The first emergency option is a campaign of “public appeals by the UK Government for voluntary restraint”, like those launched by Germany in June. …
● Stage two
The next step involves “orders or directions” restricting electricity use by industry and businesses. These powers exist under the Energy Act 1976. …
● Stage three
The third option is the one that affects household consumers, using “rota disconnections” to ration electricity. This involves each energy distribution network being divided into 18 areas, known as “load blocks”, which would take it in turns to be disconnected. …”