With surplus electricity putting pressure on the UK’s electrical grid, one utility is urging its customers to run appliances this weekend
in the U.K. and the goal is to have 85 percent of power customers equipped with them by 2024.
Jackson argued that if wind and solar farms were shut off due to power oversupply, that could end up spooking investors and harm future investments in Britain's clean energy transition. "If we start wasting electrons, that transition will become more complicated." While he said the electric power transmission network had"mechanisms in place to avoid emergency restrictions or system disturbances," he added that customer-driven approaches like the one taken by Octopus could help soak up surplus power.
Depending on the success of the scheme, similar initiatives could be feasible in other energy markets that use smart meters, which would lead to a more efficient use of renewable power.
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