
First automated grid capacity warning triggered
Power generators have been asked to be ready to provide power as the first capacity notice was issued by National Grid today. The new automated Capacity Market notices are a signal four hours in advance that there may be less generation available than the grid operator expects to meet national power demand – when extra headroom is forecast to fall below 500MW. They are intended to be a signal that the risk of a ‘System Stress Event’ in the electricity network is higher than u