Britons “Paying £2 Million an Hour” to Keep Gas Power Stations Running in Freezing Temperatures
by Will Jones 8 January 2025 8:00 PM
Households paid the equivalent of £2 million an hour to gas power stations today after low winds and freezing temperatures left electricity grid bosses scrambling to keep the lights on. The Telegraph has more.
As freezing weather swept into the South East, the National Energy System Operator (Neso) warned that it expected power supplies to become particularly tight between 4pm and 7pm.
The crunch forced grid operators to pay huge sums to gas power plant owners to keep them running. The cost will ultimately be borne by households and businesses through their bills.
At one stage, they agreed to pay the Rye House power station, in Hertfordshire, the equivalent of £1.8 million per hour, transparency data show.
Three gas-fired units in Connah’s Quay, North Wales, were also paid a combined £2 million per hour.
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/01/08/britons-paying-2-million-an-hour-to-keep-gas-power-stations-running-in-freezing-temperatures/
