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‘No threat’ to energy system, as people stay away from offices, pubs and restaurants during pandemic
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Every cloud and all that: the National Grid's electricity system operator (ESO) are reporting that despite concerns that this winter was going to see the smallest amount of spare capacity in recent times, coronavirus looks like ensuring that there will be a sizeable buffer between electricity demand and the available capacity.
As a result of lower demand from offices, pubs and restaurants, it seems that this potential supply-side bottleneck is unlikely to be problematic, in the short-term, at least.
But it will need addressing longer term.