UK gas plants in line for large windfall payments to keep lights on this winter

There are a rising number of gas plants willing to generate electricity during the colder months, leading to the UK’s highest level of power supplies in five years. Photograph: Malcolm Park editorial/Alamy

More UK gas plants will be in line for windfall payments to help keep the lights on this winter after generators received multimillion-pound payouts last winter.

Britain’s energy system operator expects the UK’s winter power supplies to reach their highest level in five years, in part due to a rising number of gas plants willing to generate electricity during the colder months.