National Grid announces cash incentive to use less electricity

The National Grid is set to deploy its emergency scheme for the first time, with hundreds of thousands of households set to be paid to use less electricity to avoid a nation-wide blackout. This comes as Britain’s cold temperatures and soaring energy demand continue to exacerbate fears of a supply shortage, with the national power operator rolling out precautionary measures to maintain the country’s energy supply. Ofgem’s recent announcement that the average energy price cap is