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My electricity company introduced a scheme where you volunteer to use less electricity at high demand times. I signed up,and during my slot I turned EVERYTHING off including my freezer. The result came back a few days later claiming I had used MORE electricity during my time slot than I normally use. These companies are scamming us left and right.
@@pheart2381 is there a way to test if your metre is set to the right time.? If you're not matching their time you might have included the big surge of power when the fridge and freezer switched back on.
That’s because you are paying for others electricity.
You are living in a full communist system now pretty much. Slightly socialist in some areas.
But essentially you are being charged for others usage.
2020 when most people submitted was when things changed.
I did the same thing and it made no difference to my bill.
@@AngelaH2222about 300 watts that is all.
They are most certainly not electricity companies, they produce nothing? Only credit? Do your research everyone?🇬🇧✌️
I am from Zimbabwe and then moved to South Africa and then moved to the UK in 2001. This is what is happening in Zimbabwe and South Africa; I cannot believe that it is happening here now too! It is madness!
The uk allowed itself to be invaded by another 50million people.
The uk is overpopulated for the infrastructure.
Weak left leaning wh’tes are to blame for everything wrong in this country.
I am from South Africa as well.
And I warned the invasion from the third world would turn uk into a third world. Well now it’s becoming third world.
And I will be moving again because it’s a mess now. I came here for a better life not to downgrade 😅
So you moved from one area of Zimbabwe to another area further north, called the UK, and expected things to be different? 🤦
@@channelclosednowWhat are you going on about?? They’re two completely different countries.
@@ForestConfetti Are they? Are you sure? 🤔
It’s happening in SA and Zim because of a total lack of planning and maintenance and since the utilities started hiring based on diversity quotas rather than merit.
Electricity and gas is now a luxury purchase in the UK. Makes me very angry.
Yes, and I reckon water's going the same way considering that the companies have been allowed to pollute our waterways and even contaminate drinking water here in Devon.
@DevonExplorer I lived in a new-build in Bristol 10 years ago and we constantly saw black sludge build up from mains cold water. Local water board put it down to being so far from the mains and damaged pipes between us and the main. I'm now in the Rutland and noticed same build up occurring lately. So we get poorer services as prices go up.
What about all those people on cpap and oxygen machines in their homes . How many of us have to die?
@evaflowervines9520 there's a national grid scheme where vulnerable sign up for priority service. Problem is, switching off substation is indiscriminate. The government and energy industry probably consider it collateral damage.
@@spezzington I get some of that black residue building up. I asked the bloke who came to check for Legionnaires disease what it is and he said it's a specific germ and it's just a case of cleaning with bleach. Harmless, apparently, but I wouldn't want to drink it, lol.
Yes, got my how to deal with a power cut leaflet this week. They ain’t sending leaflets at such an expense for nothing. Thanks for keep everyone informed.
Control
300 years of coal sitting beneath us here in the uk
Keep it there
Maybe closer to 400 years, actually. Unfortunately, we have people who can't understand physics in government. Coal (if it weren't for the particles emitted) would be the perfect fuel. It is a truly magical substance, packed with energy and reasonably easy to access. It has given us all we can see around us (that and oil) and should be used until exhausted while we sort out deep geothermal.
@@lewishamilton9577
Indeed. What happened was that as our production of coal decreased, obviously (mathematics) our reserves against it increased. The UK has 77 million tons of proven coal reserves (2016). It DID look like we would run out of it due to consumption - the divergence began in 1999. BUT...as consumption has now fallen off a cliff, we have MORE coal reserves than we can use. So what was 300 years of reserves is now 400 years.
As I stated, we should use coal, gas, and shale gas until we have secured an economically viable method of deep geothermal generation (of electricity). The current insanity will slowly dawn on those who currently advocate a Net Zero policy - that it is not achievable. By 2035 or a little later, we will be fracking for gas...mark my words. This isn't some random opinion (this is my field), it is an absolute certainty. If Valentina Zharkova (a solar physicist) is correct, we are heading for extremely cold winters - with HUGE demand for energy. Add to that our increasing population and data centres, and the future is an INCREASE in demand, not a decrease (as is currently happening).
Coal won't be feasible due to the fact that mines have been flooded and Alok Sharma blew up our remaining coal-fired plants. It WILL be fracked gas.
@@lewishamilton9577 get a shovel and find out yourself.
30 years of oil and 100 years of frack gas….
Remember when this was a conspiracy 😢
Yes, I mentioned this to my energy supplier 2 years ago and was told emphatically that it was not in their plans. Of course I believed them.
@@williamthomas2830”Trust no one”!❤
Always wondered what those letters in a box on the bill was. But I've known this was the plan for a few years.
This relies on everybody having smart meters so they can't implement it for those who don't. So legislation would need to go trough first which makes everyone need a smart meter by law. This will still be a few years away so I can't see anything happening this Winter
@@richardmullens4707 It is a disgrace that we are in this position, all thanks to the delusional beliveing in the green scam. All we hear is what we cannot do/ have. I lived in a house during the bad snow storms and our electricity failed leaving us in the dark and cold for 5 days - that was bad enough. Now they want to eradicate gas, then wood burners. Insanity pure.
"Rationed by price", truer words have never been spoken.
Everything is rationed by price. It communicates nothing.
Rationed by price. A phrase that means nothing. A phrase for dummies.
I miss the old days when the WEF wasn't a thing.
Our governments kicked our legs out from under us...
Every goverment should of jailed every one of the wef puppets as soon as claus started bragging about infiltrating every goverment in the world
based
We have enough power it's all about Control control control... Simple as that. Thanks for the video though 👍
Said this for years and people laughed.
@@simshogun2240That's still happening.
@@simshogun2240 👍 we are the perceptive ones, not many of us out there!
I hope your right because we used to have 4 nuclear power stations 2 on the banks of the river Severn and 2 on the bank of the Bristol Channel, now we have none but we do have a gas powered station on Severnside and I think 3 wind turbines, so yes the wind turbines in the North Sea the power cables are coming ashore in the wrong place for us, and is your claim. about British generated power alone or does that include the 2 giant power cables coming under the English Channel from France
@@brianhood4182There is still one in Hartlepool. It’s been there for decades. But obviously it’s north of the Watford gap so you probably aren’t aware of it.
I worked in a pub in the 70s when there were times when power would be out. We knew when it would be happening and the manager put up lights powered by 12 volts, the pumps would be down and only bottled beer avaliable to the beer drinkers. The tills were manual, and it was dark and winter. We coped. It was walking home in the dark to a dark house I didnt like.
Make sure you have torches, and solar garden lights to bring indoors when necessary.
I have a healthy supply of candles ready to go.
I was a child through that period. My overriding memory of labour from that time are strikes and power cuts. Look like nothing has changed!
I was pregnant with my daughter in 71. Remember going to bed in the evening to keep warm with the cat! Hubby at work. 🐱
With so many more predators on the streets now, going out in the dark will be much more dangerous than it was back in the seventies.
Batteries ,candles, matches, parafin lanterns ( plus parafin) manual can opener, camping stove with fuel ,fire extinguisher, lighters ,a couple of sleeping bags to throw over your freezer when the power goes off ,wind up radio 📻,.If you have a wood burner or log burner stock up on fuel don't throw paper ,cardboard or newspaper away ,they can be used as fuel .Water filter and / or water purification tablets.
I had NO Idea this info was out there - thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your reporting it is vital and much appreciated
Rationed by price, spot on.
Last winter, I experimented with not turning my central heating on to see how I would cope. Surprisingly, I got used to working at home with the windows open (to remove condensation). My home office was regularly around 6 degrees in the morning.
Basically wore thermals, fleeces, hat and fingerless gloves on very cold days.
I’ve been sleeping on the floor for a number of years now so am used to sleeping in a sleeping bag in a sleeping bag. Plenty warm, doesn’t matter what the temperature is outside.
Mentally I told myself I’m spending winter camping in a tent made from bricks and mortar. I ended up leaving windows open all winter due to the condensation. That might sound bizarre considering how cold my house was but I got used to it.
British Gas thought I was lying when I submitted my meter readings in the Spring. In summary, I have ticked the box I don’t need to rely on central heating if I lose gas.
My current experiment is to only use one piece of camping cooking equipment to make hot drinks and hot food. I’m using my Keith Titanium multi cooker. It’s kind of like a mini steamer, pressure cooker and rice cooker all in one. It works on my induction hob but obviously would work on any camping stove using whatever fuel you desire. I’ve been solely using this multi cooker since the end of the summer and it’s great. I have also ended up losing weight as the portion sizes are smaller and far more controlled. I’m eating basic meals e.g. rice, potato, carrot, dried beans/lentils etc. I’m trying to stick to using ingredients which don’t need refrigeration or a freezer but I have thrown in a frozen sausage and some frozen peas from time to time simply because I have loads in the freezer which need consuming. Anyway, I think this experiment has already become a mainstay. I have proved to myself that I don’t need a fridge or freezer.
To be prepared, live a life where you don’t use the things you fear losing so it becomes the norm. Going forward, central heating, a fridge and a freezer are luxuries I don’t need.
I take my hat off to you and your resilience, however it’s appalling that you are forced to live like this kind of a country such as England - an island of coal sitting in a sea of gas!
Very impressive presence of mind to think the unthinkable and try it out. Kudos.
The ever-present benefit is that you’re not susceptible to fear-provoking propaganda along these lines.
Their propaganda is more powerful than their actual policies, though I don’t doubt they’re ruthless enough to do it.
@@sunmoonstars3879 I’m not forced to live like this, it’s a personal choice. Higher energy costs gave me the excuse to experiment last winter. I still haven’t turned my central heating on this year and will repeat last years experiment again for this winter. I think not using central heating will become my new norm.
Last winter I did have hot showers. This winter will be the toughest experiment as I’m going to gradually switch to having cold showers only. Watched Wim Hof videos years ago but I have struggled to last 5 seconds under a cold shower. Got to admit, I have a feeling I’m going to fail but I’m going to try. It would be incredibly liberating if I can get used to taking cold showers.
The fact you have to go these lengths and tell yourself these stories just amplifies how fucking crazy we've become.
"I'm living in a brick and mortar tent."
A real tent will be in a lot of people's futures, I think I'll check out before then.
@stevekent3991 you are amazing, I believe in you!! You can do it....❤
The obscene profits the energy wholesalers make whilst pensioners freeze to death did not sit well with me, the final straw came when they wanted to fit a smart meter, the demons inside my mind told them to come and remove my meter, I could not help myself.
I was not using much anyway, I have solar and batteries just like many boaters and RV owners use.
But I was paying their absolutely disgusting standing charges, I snapped I had seen enough.
Now apart from water I am off-grid, it is different, I cannot run a Fridge Freezer, in winter, but to be honest I do think we have all been sold devices that use energy deliberately. Times have changed, but people are stuck in the same habits, I have nothing against storing dryed and tinned food, but the reality is, if I want frozen food or even chilled food, like most people I do not live far from a supermarket, let them pay to keep my food frozen.
got rid of a new clothes dryer a couple years ago, maybe the fridge is next, im old enough to remember the days milk being kept in the bottle in a bucket of cold tap water :) and the water replaced a couple times a day ! we spend fortunes on fridge / freezer food that gets chucked out at the next purchase time to make room ! or goes out of date before we get to it !
I converted my van for living and you can run fridges and freezers, yes winter is a challenge due to the solar but you have to find ways around it, for land maybe hydro electric, wind power, but you should still have something like a small generator, my gen is quiet and will run for 12 hours on 4ltr of petrol at the power levels required for basic things, and if you get a decent A+ fridge it will actually only turn on maybe twice a day to maintain its levels, you just have to adapt and overcome which is why I am 100% off grid now even for work.
Well said buddy, i actually have an example of "being sold devices that use energy deliberately" Im into my computers and games, the average PC capable of gaming will typically have a 650W power supply to run the entire system, now today if you want the best performance, the RTX 4090 released (graphics card) and yes its good, but it also uses 450W at peak usage, so IF an entire game is using all that power, it will cost more than what an arcade machine back in the day would run, (at best they were built with a 600W draw in mind) so effectively, playing games is 50p per hour, since i worked that out i have been on a personal trend of making any hours of playtime cost as little as possible, because it just does not sit right.
@@drunksupportcharacter Never actually looked at that but I have a 4070 in my PC in my van when gaming I draw around 460-500 for the setup including monitor, but I have 4 100Ah lithium batteries and 1000w of solar to draw on so in essence the sun powers my gaming half the year 😂 having said that though I think tech has increased power usage with its ability but that is to be expected whereas we want to electrify everything while we also shut down power plants for the sake of minuscule goals, I also propose this to all people, we have been led to believe Co2 is bad and like poison but what do plants consume? Then ask yourself how come since NASA started taking pictures of the planet they have noticed 20% more greenery over the same period of this increased Co2…its almost like it’s a cycle just like every aspect of nature, yet you never see it talked about 👀.
And they tell you to buy an electric vehicle 😂😂😂😂
A couple of years ago they were telling us to unplug phone chargers when not in use to save energy ! WTF ?
They want us to go cashless!!
@@andywatts8654 yes so they can freeze your accounts like they did the Canadian truckers !
People forget that 40 years ago in cold snaps with 400% extra gas demand there was heavy industry which would get disconnected to protect domestic consumers.
Now it would be the other. Families will be shut of so the industry can go on.
Yes, I remember the three day week in the early 70s. I worked in a factory temporarily and there was no heating or lighting on those days either. It was Winter and really miserably cold and there were also domestic power cuts too. But at least we had the coal fire with a back boiler at home so we kept warm and had hot water. Ironically the factory was Anglepoise who made desk lamps, lol.
There's next to no heavy industry left.....
This has been planned for decades, people were more compliant in the 70’s - this is just to get government control back, not just labour, it seems to be a worldwide plan to “ save the planet”
Just think of the crime ,
Any power cuts and the government should resign. As for the electric companies they like water etc should all be nationalised.
they were but eu were going to take uk to court over illegal double charging the consumers so thatcher privatised the services , now you see the corruption , you already have paid for power production in your taxes , so why are you paying again through brokers ?
@@andywarrington4738 the power companies WERE Nationalized in the 1970s when we had power cuts all the time.
So those who go on about nationalization forget (or are not old enough to remember) just how bad these services were in the 70/80s when they were run by the government.
Also before anyone starts going on about price.
Last year on octopus agile, I paid an average of 22p per kwh as low as -5p over night as high as 35p between 4-8 pm.
But on average of 22p.
Up from 7p in 1986.
What other comodity hasn't at least tripled in price over 38 years?
Let's start getting real. P
Goes beyond government.....
My neighbor goes to meetings in my local town hall for the "dont pay" movement as do quite a few local residents.
They havent paid for electric, water, gas, or council tax in over 2 years.
They still have all their services connected and no bailiffs ever come to their door.
Keeping a close eye on how this progresses, but evedently nothing happens when you dont pay.
I am told it just involves sending out a lot of template letters to these companies and the local council, which any and all of us are capable of doing.
Give it a few years and if these people are still walking around free with all their services connected then i am totally joining the dont pay movement!
@@ZonkedCompanion the one person I know who did that, just came home one day to find two pay as you go meters, set to double the standard rate. Until the debt was paid off.
I'm now so glad me and the family are leaving in 5 days time. I never thought I'd have to flee my country at the age of 63.
You can run but you can't hide. This is global chaos😢
@JulesDiamond-vd1wv I know but we'll get at least 10 more years here and the weather's great 😃 🌞
Anyone remember the power rationing in the early 70s?
Yes but everyone used cash back then
How else would you plan the Grand Reset. Great report
You just did a great service. I never share this type of thing on social media, but I have a lot of British friends on FB and will be posting this.
Thank you 😊
Thank you, the more people are aware, the less panic able they will be, when it does get announced
It’s going to be a cold winter. To make it even worse we don’t see the sun anymore.
This is why it’s better to have an open fire or a wood burner, then you can stay warm without electricity. 😂
Thats why the rat khan and others have started an attack on wood burning/multifuel stoves!!
It's all about the WEF agenda Khan,starmer,sunak and our toy king all are members/puppets under wef
control.
They want us to freeze/die....
That is why they banned the sale of traditional coal.
A postie mate of mine was delivering leaflets on his rounds today called ‘Preparing for a power cut’ put out by SP Energy Networks…
We got ours about a month ago…what a coincidence! Keep safe.
Some area received that last year but everything was fine. So not too worried about it.
@@user-bi8ko7kc6hhad two little mini power cuts in last 3 months,. SE London area,.you best keep a torch on you coz naturally iPhone light won’t work unless charged.
We are importing electricity from Europe via cables at the moment . We have enough gas capacity to supply our entire demand. I think this is being scare mongered to us
@@Keith-s4f i think they call it nudge tactics. Scaring the public bit by bit until there is all out panic.
My property only has electric and I have night storage heaters so if they turn it off at night I won't have any heating for over 24 hours and I live in the far north of Scotland where it is really cold. So what are we supposed to do?
Generators are good idea, expensive though 🫤
Thanks for sharing! Had no clue! Thankfully I am very near the border of 3 zones
Better to be prepared for it anyway, whether it's going to happen or not. Stock up on candles and clay pots as well as food and water, least you'll have some heat and light if it does go down.. thanks Ana
Get a cheap generator, we now have two ready for power cuts
Sensible, level-headed advice. I grew up in the 70s and I always try to have a torch and candles!
im prepped and ready, i got a ford fiesta 1.4 tdci (diesel) car from my local scrap yard for £300 i fitted a second alternator and x2 inverters (12v to 240v) i run the engine on old engine oil which i get for free from my local mechanic, boom job
Did you have to give the alternator it's own fan?
My Dad has been talking about this for ages and it's why we're avoiding Smart meters because it makes it much easier for them to turn you off or change your rate whenever it suits them. I already use as little electricity as possible to save money including turning off my freezers for a certain number of hours every day to bring down the costs. But given that most of my charge is the standing charge, I'm fighting a losing battle despite my limited usage.
At least they're letting you know about it in advance. My apartment building here in MN in the USA will have no water during the day all next week so the city can repair a water and sewer line into the building. I'm glad I know about it. I'm still going to save water and replenish it at night using the experience as a prepping rehearsal. I will know how much water I actually use during the day and along the week.
The weather service here has also predicted auroras from Xclass solar flares. One of which was very strong and took out some radio communications. It might not be greed backing your rationing, but actual outages caused by nature. It is called a Carrington event and a very disruptive one happened in 1859 when there wasn't such sensitive electronics. It's something that would affect people in many different areas even if the energy was only received in a small location. We're that interconnected worldwide now.
I plan on consuming the leftovers in my freezer before election day here on November 5th, 2024. They have already arrested one person who was planning on suicide attacking election sites, and there are other groups who plan on "taking over" polling places if their candidate isn't winning. I'm planning for civil unrest with possible power loss.
I wish all of you luck in your prepping endeavors in the UK and all of us in the USA as well. Stay strong and prep on.
I wish you all the very best, Kate. My son and daughter-in-law live in North Carolina and my American born d-i-l is worried about possible civil unrest too. Keep safe. :)
Thank you so much for this valuable information. Governments and corporations do not spend millions to put these plans together without implementing them. They generally want ignorant citizens with heads planted firmly in the sand to maintain full control.
Actually, yes they do…they are obliged to have plans in place for emergencies and unanticipated events (remember the Covid non-plan that was actually based on a potential flu epidemic?) as well as expected eventualities such as the sudden death of the Monarch.
And They will get it
@@frugalitystartsathome4889 An awful lot of conspiracy theories are based on documents and plans that governments put together to investigate 'what-if' scenarios sadly. Documents that often only come to light years after they were written, and thrown into the public arena with no understanding of what they were about.
Strange just closed the last coal fired power station just before winter..all pland
Thank you for the heads up! I was not aware.
They have had free energy for a long time now , its all about control
Thank You for the ‘Heads Up’ Ana. Much appreciated.
aware of this 2 years ago when prices doubled. funny how things go around. theres gonna be no power outage. they need to keep the masses conditioned by the tv. no leccy no tv
Nah, people have already been conditioned, 'Co'video' done the job. Now the leftist elites will push for power cuts etc to see how people react again, just a big game to them, all the n..s in africa and carribean wanting reperations lmao i want reperations for being a slave. If your a working man in this country that makes less than 60k a year your by design not able to live a good life
They have implemented a version of this in Ecuador. I just finished watching two videos that were made by residents of Ecuador to explain why these rolling blackouts are causing serious problems. One reason is because the schedule is not always adhered to. It can start late, end early, or start early and end late. This throws off many businesses and activities that depend on reliability of the schedule. They unfortunately have evolved into a "most of the day" situation. They are in a drought, and depend on water for their hydroelectric power. There is an adjoining country that is helping Ecuador get power from their own infrastructure build, but this will take a few years. In the meantime, scheduled blackouts can be iffy. Some areas are spared, such as hospitals, emergency services, etc., but rolling blackouts seem to be more frequent now in general. California has them, but not sure where else.
Wow never heard of this, it make me glad to be moving to a 1st world county next month!
Has anyone else experienced a drop in brightness of the bulbs in their house? I've noticed that despite using the same bulbs the rooms just seem to be dimmer. Is there a way that elec companies/the grid can regulate the strength of the flow of energy to your home?
Yes… I think they’ve been doing this for a while now .
lol.
I moved to Romania - we have regular power cuts mainly because farmers are using agricultural equipment that should really run on three phase on single phase supplies which our rural grid can't handle - Maybe one power cut a week for about an hour.
We've mitigated it with a back up generator with an ATS and UPS for the internet.
We're adding solar early next year and solar water panels so we can go completely off grid without having to reduce our way of life.
I'd never move back to the UK
Running 3 phase on single phase will soon get you magic smoke.
@alexnelson9512 To put it simply you are putting the same amount of mechanical work on one coil instead of three.
@alexnelson9512 Torque is related to the magnetic field which is related to the current. Balancing current draw over phases is what we do. Distribution in UK is three phase.
My elderly parents rely on broadband service for their phone line……..thank you BT! They are rural and have little mobile service. I’m glad they are moving soon to be close to a bigger community and family.
If they're using fibre internet, it will still work in a power outage.
Just make sure they have their modem plugged into a UPS.
Although I moved to rural Romania, I WFH and we have frequent power cuts.
We have a UPS that automatically switches to battery just for our internet - it happens so fast that the internet doesn't even drop.
It'll keep the internet online for a while until the back up power fails in the exchange (usually an hour or two)
Yep another well thought out plan in the name of "progress" 😞
South Carolina USA here. I just got power back after 2 weeks from Hurricane Helene. I pressure canned my meat before it had a chance to defrost in my freezer. You can water bath can meat, double the time it says for pressure canning
Thanks from New Mexico. Will try canning meat this week.
Uncle Google says water bath canning meat may kill you. 😮
I've been told you can't do that with minced meat patties.
Don't forget pickled eggs!
Lots of comments about the power cuts in the 1970s pertaining to today. The 1970s were a completely different time where cash money dominiated and the credit card was not even widespread with very little electronic payment systems including even Cash Machines. Commerce, trade and supply chains would still work with a phone call and fax machine and a typewriter (telephone exchange's had battery power and a phone lines would work without local power). Folks could even do arithmetic back then and could even use a paper map to get around in a vehicle that used carburettors. Keeping warm was achieved using coal in a household fireplace and the most modern trains were autonomous diesel electrics. A nation wide grid black out would lead to certain panic and even civil conflict in short order and folks back in the 1970s wouldn't be imprisoned for making Internet communication comments back in the 1970s as there was no social media and virtually no sectarian hatred with communities that get preferencial Government treatment.
Hear hear!
God I miss it I really do I dont belong in this modern hellhole
I remember it well. I hate what’s happening now.
But they still turned the electric off
There is enough; all elites want you to live in fear & want to control you! Energy going yo be tided to the food supply!
I hadn't a clue. Thanks for posting.
It’s been decades since I’ve experienced an unplanned power outage at home, I have become quite lax with my contingencies. A good reminder to keep those powerbanks somewhat charged etc.
I’m still hoping to get a home battery one day.
Thanks for the reminder to be more prepared for expected and unexpected power outages.😊
Thanks for the reminder. I looked at this a couple years ago. Bit its good to refresh it. Especially if it is going to ve a cold winter
Thank you, Ana. I have downloaded the information sheets and will print the schedule off tomorrow. There definitely is an agenda, and it’s been planned for a long time. Could it be Agenda 30?
Got all of house power backup. 5kwh battery and 1600w of solar. Was off grid all summer and currently making about 1.5kwh a day. Cost me £1500 last year and has made me £400 back already.All of my house wiring is still standard and I fitted it all. Solar panels from City plumbing cost me £93 each they are now about £56.
Same here, off grid all summer with 800w of solar and 3.5kwh battery 👍 and that was a crap summer.
Moved to Romania to avoid this nonsense in the UK.
We bought a 8kw generator for about £800 that's wired into an ATS that automatically switches the generator on when power goes out.
We're going to be installing 5kw of solar in the new year along with some hot water solar panels.
We currently have a private well and septic tank and a wood fired stove with a back boiler which provides us with central heating and hot water.
Eventually want a heat pump so we can go off grid practically all year without needing to reduce our lifestyle.
Unfortunately our roof is in a bad state and will cost about £6,000 upwards to fix it, not got the money, can't even pay a loan back if having to borrow. So can't get solar panels. Can't afford them either. Will just have to suffer
@@fedupbin They don't have to go on your roof they can go on a frame in your garden. Another 30 foot further from the sun won't make any difference.😁
@@melol6132 Sun what is this lol
Karen on Prime of Midlife has a link to the NESO, it shows when there are power capacity warnings, the first warning since 2022 was triggered on Monday apparently.
The energy dashboard and energy grid live give a satisfyingly geeky overview of what state our power production is in. I'm amazed how much is from wind..
It looks like a lot of household waste is getting burned to create power, which makes me wonder what it's doing to air quality😒
I seem to remember that there are smaller zones within the regional electrical areas, When things were kicking in 2022 we had at least two separate areas in our large town when it came to possible planned outages, so I'd figured on using the leisure centre on the other side of town for a shower,, but not as easy to work around cuts in rural areas
On a side note I noticed a few videos of people connecting individual solar panels to heating elements to create a sand battery, I'm not technically minded, but that would be a cool project for some folks to play with, rather like the storage heaters we used to have.
The warning was triggered at 4.30 and rescinded at 4.30…in other words, it was something and nothing. But no-one mentions that part, of course…
Yes I mapped our town as best I could., a couple years ago, to find places we could easily go during the blackouts if necessary.
Closing coal plants to burn literal garbage instead lmao...
@@frugalitystartsathome4889But it is only October and quite warm still in much of the country. Wait until December and January come.
So that's what happens to my recycling...
I invested in a small camping stove, torches and candles when this was being talked about a year or so back. I'm in an all electric flat, so if the power goes out I'm stuffed.
Feels great living off-grid, I must say.
I do recall a couple of years ago, working in London, when the lists first appeared, that I was more concerned with shops closing.
I went offgrid 21 years ago and started growing my own heating fuel. I never realised back then that it'd be the best decision I've ever made.
Biomass?
@@barryfoster453 Yes, though logwood rather than woodchip. Keeping it simple.
@@spindelnett6315
Absolutely. Wife and I are moving in 2026, and we've already said that we must have a woodburner. I make stuff out of wood, so I always have chunks of it.
@@barryfoster453 When you get your land, plant biomass willow for fast shelterbelt, low calorie burning and wattle&daub weaving and baskets. Then hazel for small timber and food, and sweet chestnut for polewood and high calorie logwood. I planted my 300 chestnuts 18yrs ago and have had my first cut of x20 last Winter. Some stump regrowth is already up 2mtrs this season. Well worth it and I know the 5.5K coppiceable trees on my land that I've planted will supply generations after me.
@@spindelnett6315
That's excellent information, thank you. But are you putting this out on the net for people to read? If not, please do so - start a TH-cam video channel. This is my field (heating and energy) but I have never heard of all of that (apart from willow).
O, your all right, you youngs un’s don’t realise my generation lived ,worked, during the days of general strikes and the three day week. 🙄 with power turned off at some point regularly. Don’t panic life ,will tick by if we survived 5 years of war and being bombed flat we can manage power cuts.
I remember it well.
Wake up do you actually realise what they are doing
The current generation have lived with central heating. That's a modern invention
@caterthun4853 I know the basics of what is being said, but all you that are stuck watching the likes of BBC and crap like it need to wake up they are turning all the west into a third world the majority are brainwashed look at the other side of the coin whatever they have pushed on us we should be doing the opposite why are we all ill cause its what they want they want you medicated from a young age open your eyes 👀
My livelyhood relies on electric working from home and I'm living week to week as it is. This will devstate a lot of us. Clients won't be understanding of missed deadlines
I'm in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Back in 2014 we had a major snowstorm that started on September 8, dumping over 30cm of heavy wet snow on to trees in full leaf. Our power was off a few times early in the morning, then went off around 9am and was out until mid afternoon on Friday. A huge number of trees were damaged and in our case, falling branches took down the power lines leaving hanging wires that may or may not have had electricity running through them. Some tips in case this happens to you: 1 - before a power outage - if you have a separate freezer and it's not full, put containers of water in the freezer to take up the space and help maintain the freezing temperatures longer. 2 - if the power looks like it will be out for more than a couple hours, put extra blankets, flattened cardboard boxes, - anything with insulation value on top of your freezer. DO NOT open your freezer unless you absolutely have to, and only for the smallest amount of time. 3 - if you have a picnic cooler, take some of the frozen containers of water, or ice cubes in it, and put things that you use often (milk, juice, eggs, cheese, condiments) in the cooler with the ice. 4 - don't open your fridge anymore than absolutely necessary and for the least amount of time possible (see item 3). 5 - things to have for emergencies - a large thermos (at least 1 litre), a camp stove of some type and fuel for several days, at least 1 gallon of water per person per day plus more for pets, washing, etc. When you have your camp stove running, heat a pot of water to boiling and fill the thermos. Use this to make instant coffee, tea, instant soup, hot chocolate, etc., and you don't have to run the stove every time. Have food available that requires minimal preparation and easy cleanup. Use camp stoves outside! I cooked in my garage for serveral days with a door open. Have a carbon monoxide detector in your house. 6 - If you have an extended outage and it is very cold outside, make sure you know where your water shutoff is and how to use it. If the temperatuer inside your house is approaching 0C, it's time to turn off the water, and drain the pipes as best you can. 7 - When the power comes back on, check your freezer - I keep a thermometer in there near the top (of a chest freezer) and in 2014 it got up to about -10C (normally at something close to -40) and we didn't have to dispose of anything. If things have thawed but are still cold, use them up within a couple days. We were relatively lucky with our experience - the lowest temperature inside our house was about 10C, we had running water throughout, we even had hot water because we have a gas powered water heater with a mechanical thermostat that does not require electricity. To keep warm, we got our sleeping bags out and tucked ourselves into them while reading or playing board games. When it's cold, always wear a hat or a hood, put on multiple layers and warm slippers
I woke up into an Orwellian nightmare.
Just listening to you explain this makes me realise how absolutely crazy we've been driven.
You are right. United Nations agenda 2030, you tube and dig a little deeper my friend. We are heading towards global governance.
The question is…will consumers get any rebates as a result of these outages?
Thank you very much and good luck.
While this winter is expected to be challenging, there are currently no power cuts planned. What's being done to prevent emergency power cuts? Before any emergency planned power cuts happen, National Grid ESO takes several steps to protect customers. These include: Encouraging additional generation through the supply market.
Thank you ❤
What people forget is no power means no fuel at the station hence if you own a car you should always try to keep it at half a tank
Just a caveat to the ESEC rota plans discussion. The Government will probably not tell anyone what Rota plan is being implemented supposedly across the UK and as we are in a two tier demographic society, those areas that will most likely cause civil conflict may be on a much lower level Rota plan in towns and cities with a BAME majority., whereas more rural geographic indigenous areas may experience higher degrees of electrical load shedding. With the Smart meter installations the discrepancy may even be on street by street level. Remember that the UK is certaily not a fair and equitable country.
If you read the document, it states that they will be informing us, there is no benefit to them not to inform us, as I suspect that every single area will have a glut of government people living in it.
The government has no control over smart meters, they are operated by the supply company and again there is no benefit to them turning off your power as then they simply won't get paid
@@Lee_Proffit Nonsense!!!... The government and the energy companies will know what's in your bank and take their payments.
This has been thought out over the decades in contingency exercises.
Too bloody right. If you haven’t already subscribed, Funky Prepper has a lot of useful information on his channel.
This shortage is totally unnecessary too. We have North Sea oil but Government has banned it. Previous government destroyed our energy storage facilities. They have forced us to swap oil and gas boilers for expensive electricity ones and they don't even want us to use wood burners. They say there isn't enough electricity to go round yet they allow thousands of economic migrants into the country illegally each week and they plan to build 1.5 new houses. They have deliberately run this country into the ground.
Valid point. Wokism has truly given us a two tier system here now especially with this current PM and his idiots. Ha and history talks of ‘social class’. It is nothing compared to what is going on now!
Wouldn't have this issue if they kept the coal plants open or built another nuclear power station or two. You can't keep building houses and the like without covering the supply requirements. I already prepped to go off grid a while back it's just implementing it especially after we got forced to have a smart meter when the gas box battery failed.apparently it was contractually in that both meters had to be done even though the electric one was ok.funny that isn't it
Thank you, you've just reminded me to print it out. How do we find out if this is going to be activated? Emergency alert on phones? I've no idea where to check
Email but you have to register for email alerts
@@AnasFoodLifestyle, ok, thank you, will have to sign up for that
I believe that there will first be an notice on all media urging people to try and use less electricity - we have had several of these in the past - if that doesn't sort out the problem, then it will progress to the ESEC
@@AnasFoodLifestyleRegister with who? Your supplier?
If widespread and prolonged power cuts do occur, what happens with the standing charges ? Paying to have a meter which has no power being supplied to it is a joke.
I would imagine these outages will be controlled by switching off the smart metres area by area, or depending on weather youve been a good global citizen today? 😮
The scariest part for many many people would be NO INTERNET.
Wow all very helpful. Never heard of this plan
Thanks for the info and links ana
Called loadsharing in South Africa. Never thought I would see it here!
Rolling blackouts - shades of South Africa ! Get surge arresters as burnt out fridge and freezer motors are common also substations can’t handle the constant on and off of power they fail / go off with a bang with alarming frequency. So it’s not just power going off!
Electric car charge uses the equivalent of a family sized house months worth of electricity for one charge.
Good enough response not to have a smart meter …. Can they disconnect an analogue meter ?
I think they will disconnect at the streets not individually
@AnasFoodLifestyle Nope streets don't have remote switches. The plan is to switch off smart meter, non priority houses in a emergancy.
@@boomjamesI believe they can shut down specific areas using the power plant system.
@user-bi8ko7kc6h I work for the network. This is all panic click bate.
in short, no, they can not. The local area networks are owned by private firms, and the national grid has no operational control over the DNO systems. Current emergacy load balancing is now done through paying people to use less and grid connected BES sites. there is simply no need to switch people off in this manner.
@@boomjames There's no OPERATIONAL need at the DNO level.
There are absolutely needs to disconnect people from the government side.
Also, substations can be taken offline that would put areas in outages - you don't need to turn off individual houses. at the meter. If they did that, you'd find a lot of people would just risk bypassing their meter anyway
Thank you! I had no idea that there was a plan we could see! No letter received yet.... this us scary.im disabled and hubby has terminal cancer...we need power! When is this starting???
But wouldn’t this suck more power from the grid once power comes back on like with a fridge/freezer situation as it’s got too work hard to bring it back to cold and frozen again. Just thinking I could be wrong
If it comes from the govt, just know it's foookin re-tar-ded.
@@cupra2Jock. You got that right.
Probably not more power usage costs....increased costs as appliances start failing...but that's your problem, not theirs.
Where did the piece of paper you are referencing from come from?
Link In the description
Area B, East Yorkshire/northern power grid
Great video, very informative. Done the check for postcode, it’s V14? There are 18 sheets of ever increasing disconnections with the last sheet showing no power!
When it comes heating, you shouldn't be restricted from keeping warm or cooking☹️. Prayers from across the pond.
Where is the rostered disconnection plan? I can't find it anywhere. I have been able to the electricity supply emergency code but need that plan to prepare. Thank you 😊
The Web address you need, is in the description of this video....
Thank you for sharing / explaining this 👍
I wonder if this has anything to do with making sure car chargers get enough power to calm down on surging grids.
Thank you Ana, very well explained and another tool for our prepper box.
I shall be printing it out along with the other tables that show the escalation of power out sectors - as I find the visual tables easier to follow - and sticking them into my prepper folder 🙂
PS just had a look on the page to get the rota code and there is a yellow weather warning shown on the top of the page which states that localised power cuts are possible - I assume from storm damage - so might be worth a bookmark as well ⛈⛈
For a small home system. Lights and refrigerator look at Survival Lily.
Some time ago, I monitored the demand of my various appliances, writing them down. I have powered both my American Fridge Freezer and my upright with a 1Kw pack. The only appliances that I do not use with the pack are my kettle, percolator and washing machine. (The washing machine exceeds the limit of my 2K when it fills to the max before the spin cycles - the rest of the cycle is fine, so it is possible to use part of the cycle and pause as apt. However, my main concern is the damage done to appliances by the current just stopping and then being switched back on. I have had two new freezers fail in the past couple of years once during a solar storm and the second as a result of lightning. My gas boiler has let me down when cold affects it and if at the wrong time, pipes could freeze within a 3 hour period. Electrical appliances also get moisture in them when a room is too cold. Above all else it is absolutely criminal when you think how this adversely affects all of us with physical ailments, disabilities, elderly people or infants.
The condensate pipe on my gas boiler froze 2 winters back as we had a prolonged cold spell so had to keep going out to thaw it with hot water (though this can crack the pipe but luckily it didn’t!) so I could get some heat. Problem now solved with trace heating. Cost about £100 but worth every penny.
@@16Elless Yet if the agenda is allowed to progress, there would be no gas fires or central heating systems, with woodburners targetted next. Having lived in a house with only electricity and a coal fire (both of which failed in a bad Winter, leaving us without heat/ light for 4 days) I would never recommend it.
@@voxintenebris6367 agreed. Many years ago I lived on a Scottish island with no mains gas where I was & frequent power cuts due to weather. Without the Rayburn it would’ve been grim! Also lived in an all electric place with no other source of heating though thankfully we only lost power a couple of times in 12 years. The situation here now is totally ridiculous & as you say for those who are sick, elderly, vulnerable or with small children it’s potentially a nightmare. Then add in the fact that our new government have scrapped the Winter Fuel Allowance for pensioners it starts to feel like a cull. UK is lost.
If we can't have electricity when we want it then why should we pay for it. It's a disgraceful scam. ✌🏼
Even more of a scam when you realise in the 1800s they were using the atmospheric electricity....Turkmenistan still is, look it up.
I’m from South Africa. We’re used to this. Except it’s a bit colder here in the UK.
Thanks Misses Thatcher.
Bet there is plenty electricity for the data centres though!
We kicked labour out in the 70s for this exact thing and now the Tories and Labour have put us there again, it's about time we dealt with the problem at root source... Reform our political class
Is this why some developments are putting generators in the buildings?
Energy companies usually do prepare for power cut campaigns as we approach winter months. No conspiracy.
Not like this they don't
Does make me think about the surge in extra energy that will be needed when 10 million fridges and freezers get turned back on after 3 hours and need to use more energy to get back to the required temperature. Not to mention it could ruin these appliances if they're turned on and off regularly.
During the winter solar power does not work to effectively recharge a Solar Generator so a fast charge mains Solar battery generator would be a good idea such as the Eco flow brand. For emergency portable heating and lighting I have an older Ecoflow River Pro and Spare Battery giving 1440 Whrs. A discharge to 20% would give 1152 Whrs. Inverter efficiency would be around 0.85 so would provide 980 Whrs to a Zibro Laser LC-2230 Paraffin heater, which requires a running burning consumption wattage of 13W (let's assume 15W). With a 5.4 litre tank of Paraffin running at 1KW output the burn time would last around 48 hours. 980/15 would be 65 hours battery supply time so enough overhead to cater for the preheating power requirement of 320 W for the Zibro and the Ecoflow River Inverter capacity of 600W to handle to pre heater power requirements. Recharging the Solar Generator under 3 hours from the mains power when grid electricity would even during an ESEC Rota where no grid power for 4 days at a time could be workable. 48 hours burn time at 1KW would be 4 days at a 50% daily duty cycle enough to keep a room warm enough during the day.
Yep, that is why it is important to know when the power will be off, or on so that you can charge up power banks, generators, mobiles and fill the thermos with hot water 🙂
During the summer I'm only using 2 or 3 units per day. And that's for about 5 or 6 months
Big deisel generator is a pretty good investment.
What reasons are provided for scheduling cuts? Purely rationing?
Another aspect to consider is the ever increasing magnetic pole shift and solar activity. This will expose the grid to more and more solar storms as the magnetosphere weakens, hence the increasingly visible aurora in the UK and around the world.
As a side note as someone who has just bought a generator - make sure you buy a 1500rpm generator.
Most are 3000rpm and they're loud as all hell even if they say "silent" on the side lol.
The added benefit is less wear and tear running at slower engine speeds.
Nope it is the lack of investment in the UKs aging power system, more housing being built but no addition to the means of powering them. We have also closed all of the coal fired power stations and swapping over to "green" energy, ok if there is sun or wind, if neither then power cut off 😞
Our electric supply is controlled by France. They have the cheapest supply in EU. they use our energy for themselves first .
@@juliawigger9796 Not true, today we are importing less than 3% of our total power consumption.
That is still 3% too much in my opinion, but until those in the job get their act together (we might have a long wait) then it is what it is
We got a couple of diesel generators some years ago as we are very rural we already get a lot of power cuts, lots of candles too, 3 oil lamps, a couple of camping lamps and an ancient central heating boiler that’ll burn just about anything including household rubbish plus old fashioned fireplaces in both downstairs rooms and one in a bedroom, as well as the Aga for cooking and hot water we have a propane gas cooker so hopefully we will be ok, we also plan to offer any help needed to anyone in the village that needs it
I make sure that I have enough empty jars available that if long power cuts do occur, I'm able to can everything cannable from the freezer. Not an option if you don't have a suitable alternative method of cooking though.
Night time power cuts sound great unless like my husband you rely on a breathing machine to keep you alive!
Get a jackery or similar while you still can!
I have the same problems.
Have breathing machine and oxygen concentator.
thats why the smart meters are being pushed. remote cut off
Most solar set ups wouldn't help, as the inverter relies upon power from the grid. You would need a battery, with circuit for solar linked to battery.
That depends.
If you just want to use electricity while the sun is out, you don't need batteries.
If the hybrid invertor NEEDS grid power to work, then 1. it's trash and 2. replace it with an invertor that doesn't require grid power to operate.
What would be the point of a solar system without battery's
@@TheTacticalHaggis that's the point I'm making. There is a common misconception that Solar can be self powered, which is not true, EVEN if you have a battery. In the event of a powercut, a battery, if wired to do so at additional cost, will power a circuit of your choice, which is typically the lower floor power sockets for fridges, freezers, maybe even a TV. Batteries do not switch to powering the entire house, with a few rare expensive options that can. A few can, if you pay extra and have a more expensive setup.
@@gavinwhite9743 Most hybrid inverters can do this. you just turn off the gid islanding mode and set it to off grid.
We never got this letter. I did not know the information was available. We have installed battery backup so really all this does is change when the power is available for "download" to the storage to get us through and deficiencies. Thank you.
Hi lovely Of course the MPs won't lose their electricity in their SECOND HOME.
When people get angry the mps will have no homes just prison cells while they wait for the rope