National Grid to Pay British Households to Use Less Electricity Amid Cold Snap

National Grid to Pay British Households to Use Less Electricity Amid Cold Snap
A smart energy meter, used to monitor gas and electricity use, is pictured in a home in Walthamstow, east London, on Feb. 4, 2022. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
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As temperatures plunge across parts of the UK, a power blackout prevention energy rationing scheme has been rolled out to tighten the electricity supply, for the first time ever.

The National Grid said it would be activating its Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) to encourage households to avoid using electricity at peak time on Monday evenings.

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