![]() On Tuesday, Ovo announced it had also signed up. So far, many of those who have registered are business or small domestic providers, although the two largest UK suppliers, British Gas and E.ON, have come on board. However, it is limited to those with smart meters whose supplier or aggregator has signed up. ![]() Hundreds of thousands of households are eligible for the service, which formally launched this month after a trial with Octopus. National Grid’s flexibility scheme has been used in trials but Tuesday would have represented the first time it has been used to reduce genuine pressure on the grid. Such warnings are rare, but this was the second one in less than a week.Įnergy specialists had been concerned that Britain’s power systems could be threatened by lower temperatures, which increase demand still weather reducing wind power and the slow return of a series of French nuclear reactors, which have been out of action due to maintenance.īut industry sources said a UK gas-fired power station stepped in on Monday to cover the need for extra supplies. ![]() It also issued an automated “capacity mechanism warning”, a reflection of when supplies are tight, which was cancelled within an hour. The network operator had given energy suppliers notice that it may deploy the scheme on Tuesday, but later said it no longer planned to.
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