Britain's National Grid said it would pay customers to use less power on Monday and Tuesday evenings this week, the first time it has used a new scheme designed to help prevent power shortages.
More than a million households and business are signed up to the Demand Flexibility Service , which rewards people, usually via money off their bills, for turning off appliances such as ovens and dishwashers during a specific period when electricity demand is high.
The service, which has been trialled but not run in a live situation before, would run from 17:00 to 18:00 on Monday, it said, adding that the move did not mean electricity supplies were at risk and advised people not to worry. A separate measure calling on coal-fired power plants to fire up as back up power was stood down for Monday evening as the supply picture had improved, a National Grid spokesperson told Reuters via telephone.
Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of British Energy regulator Ofgem, said on Monday the country's overall power supply outlook had improved from when National Grid first warned of potential power cuts.
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