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Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day

Grid operator paying large sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhere

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Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day

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Grid operator paying large sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhere

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October 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM EDT to October 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM EDTLink resolvesPassed2002 checks over about 27 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 434114 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/15/cost-of-balancing-great-britain-power-grid-50m-daily The wording varied; every check is below.
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  • October 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 434114 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/15/cost-of-balancing-great-britain-power-grid-50m-daily
  • October 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 436621 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/15/cost-of-balancing-great-britain-power-grid-50m-daily
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