Some would say that you could not make it up - the timing was exquisite. Just weeks after the announcement of another energy review, partly because of security of supply fears, supplies to domestic customers came under threat. With typical understatement, National Grid described December 29, when it warned of a high risk of demand reduction as gas prices surged on the back of increased demand and a number of plant fell off the system, as a "tricky day." Although Ofgem seems to lay the blame at the door of the balancing mechanism, there will be those that will surely use the incident as evidence that the government must ensure generation diversity in the future.
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