Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. National Grid came under fire this week for handing out contracts to two coal-fired power stations – Fiddler’s Ferry and one of the remaining coal units at Drax – for unspecified sums. The so-called black start contracts see the power stations paid to remain on hand and capable of starting up without electricity from the grid in the case of a national power outage. It’s an unlikely scenario, but one that could happen and must be planned for.
Leader: National Grid’s move is not panic – it’s pragmatism
