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Ministers ‘insist’ there will be no blackouts, but is anyone comforted by that? They’ve already contracted some extra power from coal that was supposed to be being phased out. Maybe they’re relying on the high price of energy cutting demand.
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A regular emergency planning exercise to help the UK prepare for the possibility of a shortage of gas supplies has been doubled in size, reports BBC News.
Potential scenarios – including rationing electricity – will be wargamed over four days, rather than the usual two, as energy concerns grow.
The government insists there is no risk to UK energy supplies and consumers should not panic.
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