I mean, this is a sick joke, right? No, apparently it isn't.
Energy firms urge Britons to turn off their electricity tonight as snow blankets the UK.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk-weather-snow-energy-firms-national-grid-turn-off-electricity/
@Florence
All of the power companies’ execs must have attended the same Ted Talk. My power company here in the U.S. is trying to get us to do the same thing. Ours is still by choice though.
@CrystallineEntity Sorry, my point being, no one is exempt. Full stop. If you have a heart machine for example, the hospital has to provide a generator. Power company won't.
@VenomousHeroine @CrystallineEntity It's because of the war in Ukraine. Russia refusing to release more energy to Europe etc. Europe is far more heavily dependent on Russian oil than the USA. Germany, at one point, was 90% dependent on Russian oil, I think they may have managed to reduce it a bit, but Russia is essentially holding Europe to ransom.
@Florence @CrystallineEntity I'm so sorry.