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Shane Jarvis & Katie Williams

All the energy crisis measures to expect as blackouts included in worst case scenario plans

As the energy crisis continues and household bills rise, a document has unveiled what would happen in a worst case scenario.

While the UK Government assures that blackouts would happen in only a worst case scenario, they have put measures in place in case they do happen.

As the Mirror reports, the document, known as Programme Yarrow was created in 2021 - before Russia's invasion of Ukraine - and it warns that all sectors, including transport, food and water supplies, communications and energy could be severely disrupted for up to a week during blackouts.

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