National Grid is to increase the amount it pays households for using electricity at off-peak times, according to reports. The financial incentive for those who move their power usage away from peak time is set to rise to £3 per kilowatt hour instead of 52p.
It aims to encourage households to use appliances such as washing machines late at night. This could represent a saving of £100 over this winter.
National Grid has warned that there could be blackouts this winter if gas power plants are not able to keep running due to the energy crisis. The electricity systems operator said it is still unlikely but winter could see the first planned blackouts, which the grid calls rota load shedding, since the 1970s.
