Power
Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day
CEII brief
The Guardian reported on 15 Oct 2026: Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day.
Read the full story on The GuardianGrid operator paying large sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhere The cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid has soared to near-record highs of almost £50m a day after windfarms were turned off…
Context from CEII
Grids decide whether generation becomes power that homes and businesses can rely on. Generation mix, transmission and distribution losses, and tariffs together shape reliability and the case for investment.
91.9% of people worldwide had electricity in 2024Original reporting © The Guardian. Headline and excerpt quoted with attribution; the full article is available on the publisher’s site. CEII’s context is the Centre’s own and does not represent the publisher.
