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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Sarah Vesty & Chiara Fiorillo

Emergency blackout plan could see Scots paid to turn off electricity from tomorrow

Scots could be paid to turn off their power as part of an emergency blackout plan set to be brought out tomorrow.

Households may be given money to help Britain’s grid operator avoid a potential blackout on Tuesday evening due to a supply issue, which is being made worse by problems in the French energy grid.

The scheme, which launched at the start of this month, has already been tested twice in the last two weeks but has not yet been run for a live event.

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