Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day

October 15, 2026 · 3:36 pm 1 sources

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• Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day
  The Guardian · October 15, 2026 15:36
  Grid operator is paying huge sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhere The cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid has soared to near-record highs of almost £50m a day after windfarms were turned off due to bottlenecks in…