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.
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.
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.
@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.
Yep, that was inevitable since we are too dependent on intermittent sources of energy like solar and wind.... furthermore, all of the schemes like "free" solar and heatpump grants, are actually funded by everyone's energy bills. So we all pay for it, even if you do not have them installed
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.
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.
@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 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.
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 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!
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?
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
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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)
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.
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 😞
@@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
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
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.
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!
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.
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
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
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
We have had this in South Africa for years, it is called Load Shedding. Currently, the program is not running, but we all know that it could start back up again. They have a rolling schedule varying how many periods of load shedding each area will get along with the times. At one point, the electricity was off for 8 hours a day. One could wake up to a load-shedding from 6am to 8am, which was the worst.
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 ⛈⛈
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?
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.
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!
There seems to be a lot confusing talk of this being connected to smart meters, it is not. Smart meters are operated by your energy supplier, who make money from the electricity that you use, so it makes no sense that they will turn off the supply as they will not get paid (Don't pay your electricity bill and they will turn it off 🙂) The ESEC operates on the national power grid, way before it even gets to the smart meter. It will not just be sprung on us, first step will be to ask us to try and reduce power use - exactly the same as they do with the water in summer, to try and prevent the leaking reservoirs from drying out - if that fails then the ESEC will be implemented until the power supply is stabilised
Will this be the grid, or smart meter customers who aren't listed as vulnerable? There is no separate register in the DCC for vulnerable customers, which they can get directly from health boards, as far as I know. The DCC signs all the critical smart meter messages which do things, like disconnect or change to prepay.
Yes it was , as I have mentioned in my video that I have covered if couple of years back but it is clear that many people are unaware so it was good to revisit 😊
You could try antique shops or look online (unless you are lucky enough to have an old style hardware store in your vicinity, also get some smokeless lamp oil as paraffin stinks. In an emergency use an empty glass jar, punch a hole in the lid and make a cotton wick, put some vegetable oil in the jar and let it soak up the wick and light it. If you’re using a candle or unprotected flame put it in a dish or on a plate so that if it gets tipped over it doesn’t burn the house down and don’t leave it unattended. My mums neighbour across the road had a fire two weeks ago in the upstairs bedroom, when she left a burning candle in her bedroom, the wind from the open window blew it over and set light to the bedroom. Luckily they all got out safely.
Look for "indoor lantern fuel" as it is less smelly and smokey. I would also look for "Tea light" candles as they can't fall over, but don't stand them on a flammable or plastic surface as they can get quite warm, ideally use them in a candle lantern
We had total blackout electric, internet and mobile phones in 4 towns. With the landlines being disconnected it is very scary. If there was an emergency no way to call for help. Even worse if there was a vehicle accident we would have to drive 20 minutes to contact help.
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.
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.
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 🙂
Ye Gods, I haven't heard of this before. I have a B in a square on my energy bill, so presumably that's the one. I don't have a printer that prints from my pc but I expect I can write a list of the days and time slots for my letter. Thank you, Ana. That could be life saving info and I think more stuff will be needed, such as a sleeping bag, space blanket and more cannisters for my portable gas ring, etc. Do you have any ideas for heating stoves, etc?
@@kellysouter4381 Good idea, kelly. I remember many moons ago I had a portable calor gas heater and wondered if there might be something similar. I'll get looking. :)
I have a couple of "Bistro" type stoves that use the long (or tall) gas canisters, it is quite good on gas use, I also have a heater which uses the same gas canisters, but it does get through gas quite fast. Also worth getting a carbon monoxide alarm if you plan to use any type of naked flame cooker or heater indoors
@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.
@@jameshughesdon5370 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
You only need a 5kWh battery to run fridges and freezers for several days. Chuck in a couple of cheap 400W solar panels and you have Fridges, Freezers and internet sorted for not a lot of money.
In winter you would be lucky to charge your batteries at all. We have a solar-battery system and during 5 months of the year we hardly cover our day-time use. On those months we have to draw energy from the grid a lot of the time for a small fridge, small freezer, washing machine and small bathroom heater.
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.
@@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.
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.
Among all the other important things to prepare for exotic pet owners need to keep note, tropical fish, reptiles etc… hot water bottle will work for a few hours
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.
Only the present British Government could make this so complicated. EDF - a French electricity company in the UK, send its electricity to the European Grid, and they are messing about with people's brains and estimated bills going up like crazy. They were holding 1000euros of mine and would not listen when I wrote and told them the property was empty? They are controlling YOU and the electricity you use, and profiting from interest earned on your money. Took me 18months to get my money back! I live in France now but they usually follow the UK
I have been researching a solar power generator for this very reason but I cant imagine it would work in the UK, as we have hardly any sun. Also its very expensive. Its really scary. I try to prepare with my freezer as I find most canned foods either filled with nasties or not enjoyable. I don't know what the answer is.
Don't think they've done much science on CO2 seasonality, which may be useful for getting coal going. In winter on dark days there's not much plant growth so it will get high into the atmosphere and all mixed up. Storing it until the balmy days of late spring and releasing it in a glade in the forest may help the plant growth and lock it up.
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 😊
Nothing to do with smart meters, if the electric goes off, you don't pay as you have used no power, so not in the interest of the power company to turn you off 🙂
What about people with disabilities on the priority services register? I believe people with children under 5 can also go on this register. If they are turning off a whole town or city how can they keep those on the register connected?
The info I saw from our grid is that those on priority services will still be part of the power cuts. Even those who need electricty for essential equipment that keep them alive will be too but they've been advised to ensure they have back-up with spare batteries and stuff!!! Compassionate, eh? Maybe not all grids are the same but ours is certainly crap, lol.
Solar is the one thing I'm lacking, I don't know alot about it and I'm not sure what to even look at but let's face it , people here in the UK know this is highly likely since the UK is fooked.
You could just buy a 500w solar to charge a 2kw battery It's not going to run your entire house but you could run your fridge for a while, charge your phone etc.
Solar generators are coming down in price all the time, as they bring out newer versions with more features, so look around as people upgrade. The main problem (as I see it) with solar is that you need the panels to suit the generator, I only have room for a 120w panel, so there is no point in me having a big generator as it would take days to charge it with solar, but if you intend to just charge it from the mains and use it as a stand by power source, then big is best
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Concerning when you have freezers full of expensive meat & fish - I think my plan B would be to cook and can it quickly if it defrosted. Not sure how practical that is though.
I don’t understand. Even if the power did go out for the three hours you mentioned, frozen food isn’t going to defrost in a freezer in three hours. It would be absolutely fine for many hours - so long as the freezer wasn’t constantly being opened to check on it, of course…😅
Just a suggestion in case people haven't thought of it - it's a good idea to keep something like ice cream, or a bag if ice cubes in your freezer so that you can tell if has defrosted and refrozen in this sort of a scenario.
@@susanw9630 coin in a cup was the old tell tale fill the cup halfway freeze and put the coin on top if the coin is not on top of the ice your freezer has defrosted
@williamthomas2830 the full govt policy regarding planned power outages is available for download, just put key words in Google and download/print. To be fair tho it's a sop, they will do as they like. Think birth plan, ask any woman how closely their detailed birth plan was followed when the time actually came.....
@@williamthomas2830 Cheers, William. That worked but unfortunately it took me to the same website which is completely blurred out. The title is just about readable as it's in huge letters but everything else isn't. I've tried contacting them by email but everything only brings up that same website. :(
When my boiler broke we had a very cold house in February for about 10 days untill the new one was installed as the old one couldn't be fixed, electric heaters were used just in the room we was in with blankets and duvets every other room was freezing cold so no gas and electric will be extremely cold if it happens over winter and they have banned or you will be fined for using a chimney and new houses dont have one
It wouldn't be done at smart meter level because a lot of people will just bypass the meter altogether like they do for grow houses. They'll just switch substations off
@AnasFoodLifestyle sorry your wrong. I work in this area and the plan was to use smart meters to switch off high load homes. However it's no longer on the table and the responce plan is to use smart tec to pay users like last year.
@@jameshughesdon5370 The smart meters are operated by your electricity supplier, how do they benefit from turning of supplies ? As then they wont get paid, pretty self defeating
It is all due to the mismanagement of our electrical supply, far too many wind farms, which by their very nature are unreliable and unpredictable. That and the steady closure of dispatchable generation capacity, that is, generators that can be controlled and supply power as required. Even if the lie that renewables are cheap was actually true that is no reason to put it above reliability of supply! All the mainstream political parties think this is a good idea which says a lot about their competence. Slowly we are heading to what South Africa has today, rationing of electrcity.
Lee, it's a poor way of supplying a grid, we need controllable power 365 days of the year, every minute of the day. Incidentally quoting percentage is not a good way to measure output as demand varies so much. What is 24% at ten o'clock at night could be 12% at six o'clock in the evening with the same output. 13:22 , 17th October, it's just under 7 Gigawatts from an installed capacity of some 25 or so, it's wasteful of assets and far too variable.
@@iareid8255 No argument it is a very poor way to obtain power, but I'm not the one closing power stations and building wind / solar farms. I did say that TODAY is is nearly 24 % (which is 8.4GW) of the 36.6GW being consumed - information taken from the energy dashboard
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
I thought all the eye sore wind turbines that a springing up all around where I live was ment to mean more green power and cheaper bills, bill are higher then ever and now there is no power, should of filled all those acres with trees instead, that would have at least cut carbon in the atmosphere
Back to the 1970s. Then we had power stations but short of coal to run them. Now we have rubble where power stations once stood. Stupidity abounds but what can you expect when an idiot is in charge of UK energy.
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.
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.
We have enough power it's all about Control control control... Simple as that. Thanks for the video though 👍
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.
We are the only country in Europe where they are fleecing us with high energy bills!
Yes, and we have some of the lowest usage per person in the western world.
They fleece us with everything else too.
And then got the fucking nerve to piss us about
Yep, that was inevitable since we are too dependent on intermittent sources of energy like solar and wind.... furthermore, all of the schemes like "free" solar and heatpump grants, are actually funded by everyone's energy bills.
So we all pay for it, even if you do not have them installed
@@MinkieWinkle IMO not only are we paying for the schemes you mentioned there are other things as well.
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.
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 had NO Idea this info was out there - thank you so much!
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.
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
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!
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?
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for the heads up! I was not aware.
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
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
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" 😞
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
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.
Thanks !i will tell my neighbours, especially the elderly ones[ all!!!!! we are over 60 s , yet the youngest on our lane!]
Tell, tell, tell people😮
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
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!
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!
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.
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.
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?
So that’s the real purpose of smart meters?
i wonder if its turned off by your smart meter ie leaving shops police stations and hospitals or do they run diesel gensets
That is exactly the reason smart meters were installed. It is no coincidence
We have had this in South Africa for years, it is called Load Shedding. Currently, the program is not running, but we all know that it could start back up again. They have a rolling schedule varying how many periods of load shedding each area will get along with the times. At one point, the electricity was off for 8 hours a day. One could wake up to a load-shedding from 6am to 8am, which was the worst.
Happily off-grid so not affected, knew this was coming years ago 😢
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 ⛈⛈
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?
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!
what’s the point of outages in the early hours when there’s not much use anyway?
Thank you very much and good luck.
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!
Already trailed in South Africa, it's called "load shedding", if you can afford it go "off grid".
Thanks for the info and links ana
Thank you for sharing / explaining this 👍
Strange just closed the last coal fired power station just before winter..all pland
There seems to be a lot confusing talk of this being connected to smart meters, it is not.
Smart meters are operated by your energy supplier, who make money from the electricity that you use, so it makes no sense that they will turn off the supply as they will not get paid (Don't pay your electricity bill and they will turn it off 🙂)
The ESEC operates on the national power grid, way before it even gets to the smart meter.
It will not just be sprung on us, first step will be to ask us to try and reduce power use - exactly the same as they do with the water in summer, to try and prevent the leaking reservoirs from drying out - if that fails then the ESEC will be implemented until the power supply is stabilised
Iirc. Energy supplier can have an outage from up to 18 hours before compensation is required..
It's about deliberately causing disruption and unrest.
@@AnnieH-1 What is ?
@@stuartd9741 I think that if the ESEC is evoked, there will be no compensation as it will be beyond the energy suppliers control
Will this be the grid, or smart meter customers who aren't listed as vulnerable? There is no separate register in the DCC for vulnerable customers, which they can get directly from health boards, as far as I know. The DCC signs all the critical smart meter messages which do things, like disconnect or change to prepay.
This has been planned since 2019, it was put in place during the thing cough cough.
Yes it was , as I have mentioned in my video that I have covered if couple of years back but it is clear that many people are unaware so it was good to revisit 😊
Wind and solar is cheap but they have to sell it to you at the gas price thats what needs to change
Ana,any ideas please for oil lamps, hurricane lamps in case of battery shortage.❤
You could try antique shops or look online (unless you are lucky enough to have an old style hardware store in your vicinity, also get some smokeless lamp oil as paraffin stinks. In an emergency use an empty glass jar, punch a hole in the lid and make a cotton wick, put some vegetable oil in the jar and let it soak up the wick and light it. If you’re using a candle or unprotected flame put it in a dish or on a plate so that if it gets tipped over it doesn’t burn the house down and don’t leave it unattended. My mums neighbour across the road had a fire two weeks ago in the upstairs bedroom, when she left a burning candle in her bedroom, the wind from the open window blew it over and set light to the bedroom. Luckily they all got out safely.
Look for "indoor lantern fuel" as it is less smelly and smokey.
I would also look for "Tea light" candles as they can't fall over, but don't stand them on a flammable or plastic surface as they can get quite warm, ideally use them in a candle lantern
first time i heard about b.outs was in early autumn 2021 and every year after . is it going to happen this time ?
Maybe not but the Monday was a potential attempt after a little while so who knows
With our very competent new and shiny green government I would not be surprised. They are has thick as mince just like the last lot.
I don’t know. Maybe less likely because people can’t pay their bills? If it’s cheap and everybody turns on their heater then it’s very likely.
We had total blackout electric, internet and mobile phones in 4 towns. With the landlines being disconnected it is very scary. If there was an emergency no way to call for help. Even worse if there was a vehicle accident we would have to drive 20 minutes to contact help.
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.
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'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.
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 🙂
Ye Gods, I haven't heard of this before. I have a B in a square on my energy bill, so presumably that's the one. I don't have a printer that prints from my pc but I expect I can write a list of the days and time slots for my letter. Thank you, Ana. That could be life saving info and I think more stuff will be needed, such as a sleeping bag, space blanket and more cannisters for my portable gas ring, etc. Do you have any ideas for heating stoves, etc?
I'm looking around for a kerosene heater.
@@kellysouter4381 Good idea, kelly. I remember many moons ago I had a portable calor gas heater and wondered if there might be something similar. I'll get looking. :)
@@DevonExplorerthere are some very good calories gas heaters around now on line.
@@kellysouter4381there are some good calor gas heaters around now. Look on line. .a really nice looking one but of course more expensive.
I have a couple of "Bistro" type stoves that use the long (or tall) gas canisters, it is quite good on gas use, I also have a heater which uses the same gas canisters, but it does get through gas quite fast.
Also worth getting a carbon monoxide alarm if you plan to use any type of naked flame cooker or heater indoors
300 years of coal sitting beneath us here in the uk
Keep it there
IM CHARGEING MY SOLAR LED WORK LIGHTS RIGHT NOW
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.
@@jameshughesdon5370I 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.
@@jameshughesdon5370 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
You only need a 5kWh battery to run fridges and freezers for several days. Chuck in a couple of cheap 400W solar panels and you have Fridges, Freezers and internet sorted for not a lot of money.
In winter you would be lucky to charge your batteries at all. We have a solar-battery system and during 5 months of the year we hardly cover our day-time use. On those months we have to draw energy from the grid a lot of the time for a small fridge, small freezer, washing machine and small bathroom heater.
Wow never heard of this, it make me glad to be moving to a 1st world county next month!
Thank you ❤
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.
Among all the other important things to prepare for exotic pet owners need to keep note, tropical fish, reptiles etc… hot water bottle will work for a few hours
Smart meters make this nonsense possible.
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.
Only the present British Government could make this so complicated. EDF - a French electricity company in the UK, send its electricity to the European Grid, and they are messing about with people's brains and estimated bills going up like crazy. They were holding 1000euros of mine and would not listen when I wrote and told them the property was empty? They are controlling YOU and the electricity you use, and profiting from interest earned on your money. Took me 18months to get my money back! I live in France now but they usually follow the UK
I have been researching a solar power generator for this very reason but I cant imagine it would work in the UK, as we have hardly any sun. Also its very expensive. Its really scary. I try to prepare with my freezer as I find most canned foods either filled with nasties or not enjoyable. I don't know what the answer is.
Area B, East Yorkshire/northern power grid
Don't think they've done much science on CO2 seasonality, which may be useful for getting coal going. In winter on dark days there's not much plant growth so it will get high into the atmosphere and all mixed up. Storing it until the balmy days of late spring and releasing it in a glade in the forest may help the plant growth and lock it up.
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....
God bless you Ana. x
Could this be one of the main reasons they are pushing smart metres, they can disconnect with a push of a button.
Nothing to do with smart meters, if the electric goes off, you don't pay as you have used no power, so not in the interest of the power company to turn you off 🙂
Thanks Misses Thatcher.
What about people with disabilities on the priority services register? I believe people with children under 5 can also go on this register. If they are turning off a whole town or city how can they keep those on the register connected?
The info I saw from our grid is that those on priority services will still be part of the power cuts. Even those who need electricty for essential equipment that keep them alive will be too but they've been advised to ensure they have back-up with spare batteries and stuff!!! Compassionate, eh? Maybe not all grids are the same but ours is certainly crap, lol.
How are you preparing for power outages? Be helpful to know. Thanks so much!
Im in G zone .... looks like I've got the weekends off :) lucky me 🙄
All the best 👍
I wonder if all the fully-occupied hotels are considered as essential and exempt from outages
Many thanks Ana. Xx
Solar is the one thing I'm lacking, I don't know alot about it and I'm not sure what to even look at but let's face it , people here in the UK know this is highly likely since the UK is fooked.
You could just buy a 500w solar to charge a 2kw battery
It's not going to run your entire house but you could run your fridge for a while, charge your phone etc.
@@TheTacticalHaggis I'm not bothered about my phone but I'm bothered about my freezer defrosting 🙈
Solar generators are coming down in price all the time, as they bring out newer versions with more features, so look around as people upgrade.
The main problem (as I see it) with solar is that you need the panels to suit the generator, I only have room for a 120w panel, so there is no point in me having a big generator as it would take days to charge it with solar, but if you intend to just charge it from the mains and use it as a stand by power source, then big is best
Good.
Morning, great information. It maybe just me You may be talking Too fast. For?
Me to understand you. Keep going with the good information.❤ Kind regard from scotland❤
Oh the irony of a Scottish person complaining about not understanding someone speaking English :) Have you heard yourselves :P
I told EVERYONE this was coming for 4 years and everyone mocked me. I prepared. They didn't. If they come to me for help, I'll ignore them.
Same here so let them eat cake!
Area P. Is Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, and Shropshire
Where do I find this graph?
Check out the two sites in the description
Concerning when you have freezers full of expensive meat & fish - I think my plan B would be to cook and can it quickly if it defrosted. Not sure how practical that is though.
It is scary but canning it requires power or gas resources which I will be scared to use to can considering the time required to can😕
I don’t understand. Even if the power did go out for the three hours you mentioned, frozen food isn’t going to defrost in a freezer in three hours. It would be absolutely fine for many hours - so long as the freezer wasn’t constantly being opened to check on it, of course…😅
Just a suggestion in case people haven't thought of it - it's a good idea to keep something like ice cream, or a bag if ice cubes in your freezer so that you can tell if has defrosted and refrozen in this sort of a scenario.
@@susanw9630 coin in a cup was the old tell tale fill the cup halfway freeze and put the coin on top if the coin is not on top of the ice your freezer has defrosted
@@MegaPaul57I'm going to do that great idea 💡
This is bizarre! I can't find the rota list on the information and the National Grid (South West) website is blurred out and can't be read.
Try typing Rota block power cuts in your browser.
@williamthomas2830 the full govt policy regarding planned power outages is available for download, just put key words in Google and download/print.
To be fair tho it's a sop, they will do as they like. Think birth plan, ask any woman how closely their detailed birth plan was followed when the time actually came.....
@@williamthomas2830 Cheers, William. That worked but unfortunately it took me to the same website which is completely blurred out. The title is just about readable as it's in huge letters but everything else isn't. I've tried contacting them by email but everything only brings up that same website. :(
You are being Systematically MURDERED
Yeppers the humans is by the sicko demonic lieng loser fallen angels
When my boiler broke we had a very cold house in February for about 10 days untill the new one was installed as the old one couldn't be fixed, electric heaters were used just in the room we was in with blankets and duvets every other room was freezing cold so no gas and electric will be extremely cold if it happens over winter and they have banned or you will be fined for using a chimney and new houses dont have one
If this is operated at household level via smart meters the here's an idea, register a vulnerable person at your address, such as elderly.
It wouldn't be done at smart meter level because a lot of people will just bypass the meter altogether like they do for grow houses.
They'll just switch substations off
How do we know what letter we are?!
Why will the general public put up with this? These doughnuts in power should be held responsible for putting the UK back to the 70s!
Does this apply to only homes or does it include shops, petrol stations, pharmacies, doctor's etc?
only non priority homes with smart meters
It died y matter if you have smart meter or not , they will turn the steer off or a region !
@AnasFoodLifestyle sorry your wrong. I work in this area and the plan was to use smart meters to switch off high load homes. However it's no longer on the table and the responce plan is to use smart tec to pay users like last year.
@@jameshughesdon5370 The smart meters are operated by your electricity supplier, how do they benefit from turning of supplies ?
As then they wont get paid, pretty self defeating
@@Lee_Proffit ££ was the old plan
It is all due to the mismanagement of our electrical supply, far too many wind farms, which by their very nature are unreliable and unpredictable. That and the steady closure of dispatchable generation capacity, that is, generators that can be controlled and supply power as required.
Even if the lie that renewables are cheap was actually true that is no reason to put it above reliability of supply!
All the mainstream political parties think this is a good idea which says a lot about their competence. Slowly we are heading to what South Africa has today, rationing of electrcity.
That was the reason behind the alert on Monday, the wind died down.
Today we are getting nearly 24% of our power from the wind 😞
Lee,
it's a poor way of supplying a grid, we need controllable power 365 days of the year, every minute of the day.
Incidentally quoting percentage is not a good way to measure output as demand varies so much. What is 24% at ten o'clock at night could be 12% at six o'clock in the evening with the same output.
13:22 , 17th October, it's just under 7 Gigawatts from an installed capacity of some 25 or so, it's wasteful of assets and far too variable.
@@iareid8255 No argument it is a very poor way to obtain power, but I'm not the one closing power stations and building wind / solar farms.
I did say that TODAY is is nearly 24 % (which is 8.4GW) of the 36.6GW being consumed - information taken from the energy dashboard
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
I thought all the eye sore wind turbines that a springing up all around where I live was ment to mean more green power and cheaper bills, bill are higher then ever and now there is no power, should of filled all those acres with trees instead, that would have at least cut carbon in the atmosphere
Night time power cuts sound great unless like my husband you rely on a breathing machine to keep you alive!
Back to the 1970s. Then we had power stations but short of coal to run them. Now we have rubble where power stations once stood. Stupidity abounds but what can you expect when an idiot is in charge of UK energy.
Best make sure all those ev's are charged up!