UK Grid Won’t Pay Homes to Curb Power Demand Next Winter
- National Grid ESO won’t pays customers to shift power use
- The program is set to be modified used all year round
Insulators on an electricity sub station near homes in Manchester, England.
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The UK’s power grid ruled out paying customers to reduce consumption next winter after the nation’s generation buffer is forecast to improve.
The so-called Demand Flexibility Service will still remain part of the network’s toolkit to ensure stable supplies, but it will be modified and used all year round instead, National Grid Plc’s Electricity System Operator said Tuesday.