By Paul Homewood
Households could be asked to turn down their thermostats and switch off their lights under Government plans to avoid winter blackouts.
Emergency contingency plans for a gas or electricity supply shortage include public appeals to use less energy, The Telegraph can reveal.
Amid mounting concern over shortages in the coming months, the National Grid has held meetings in recent days with representatives from energy intensive industries to try and avoid a worst case scenario of blackouts or a shutdown of supply.
EU countries have been asked to cut their gas usage by 15 per cent from next month, amid fears they will not be able to store enough for winter after Russia reduced supply via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
Several European countries including Germany, Austria and France have already appealed to the public to cut their energy use by taking shorter showers, switching off lights…
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