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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

‘Significant risk’ of winter gas shortages in Great Britain, warns Ofgem

Electricity pylons near the SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) gas-fired Keadby Power Station near Scunthorpe in northern England.
Ofgem said the UK faced a gas shortage risk this winter that could trigger a ‘gas supply emergency’. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images

Great Britain’s energy regulator has warned there is a “significant risk” of gas shortages this winter, which could also hit electricity supplies.

Ofgem’s head of wholesale market management, Grendon Thompson, said a gas supply emergency could impose “load shedding” on the largest consumers, forcing gas-fired power stations to close.

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