Electricity-producing firms ask regulator to change rules that could penalise them if gas supplies run out
The UK’s energy regulator, Ofgem, has warned there is a “significant risk” of gas shortages this winter, which could also hit electricity supplies.
Ofgem’s head of wholesale market management, Grendon Thompson, said a gas supply emergency could impose “load shedding” on the largest consumers, forcing gas-fired power stations to close.