The government spokesperson said the plan would 'ensure we are able to effectively respond to any wide range of scenarios'
The energy crisis is well-documented but what would happen if the worst outcome occurred and Brits were plunged into darkness during the coldest and darkest winter months? National Grid has previously issued a warning to UK households that blackouts could become a reality this winter but John Pettigrew, National Grids CEO, said this was a "worst-case scenario".
Should the worst happen and power supplies go down, documents marked “official sensitive” warn that in a “reasonable worst-case scenario”, all sectors including transport, food and water supply, communications and energy could be “severely disrupted” for up to a week during the blackouts, the Guardian reports.
Programme Yarrow is in place for where power is unavailable, without any pre-warning, to all premises without backup generators during winter. In the plans, it's thought that 60 per cent of electricity demand will be met “between day two and day seven” - this is when households and businesses will be given “intermittent access” to ration supply.
The type of technical fault that could lead to these systems being implemented include flood damage or a lightning strike on a substation, as well as an attack by a hostile state on sub-sea power cables.
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