Terrifyingly bleak reality of what the UK's winter blackouts could look like

dailystar.co.uk:

Russia's ongoing war with Ukraine could see UK households have daily blackouts during the depths of winter. Parts of Britain could be left without power for three hours of the day, as a result of the conflict which has led to an energy shortage across Europe.

This week the National Grid chief executive issued the planned emergency blackout warning to cope with an insufficient natural gas supply, as we head into the colder months. READ MORE: Nearly half of households worried about energy bill costs in lead up to Christmas Energy usage typically rises during the winter which means if the UK cannot secure enough gas for the duration the blackouts would come into effect.However, before we hit the panic button, the National Grid ESO will be taking a number of steps to prevent it from happening, according to the Energy Networks Association (ENA).These measures include encouraging additional energy generation through the supply market, requesting heavy industrial users to limit demand during peak times and encouraging domestic users to reduce their usage through incentives.But with bills jumping up by literally hundreds of pounds over the past year, we can safely assume that many of us are already keeping a firm eye on usage. To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here . However, if the UK is still left without enough power, the cuts will be administered to manage overall demand.According to the ENA: "If an emergency power cut is implemented, customers in certain parts of the country would typically be without power for around three hours per day during the emergency."Distribution network operators, which run the local power networks, would be legally instructed by.