The government is not advising people to reduce their overall energy consumption while refusing to rule out rationing in the future, a minister has said.
Climate minister Graham Stuart said that the government is avoiding looking at reducing overall use and is instead supporting the energy regulator to provide incentives for businesses and consumers to cut peak-time energy demand if required. During a series of broadcast interviews on Friday morning, he said the UK's energy security is "pretty strong".
He also claimed that National Grid energy blackouts are "unlikely" during the winter, and shot down a report in The Times which claimed Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg signed off on a £15 million public information campaign about using less energy this winter which the Prime Minister ruled out.
