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Gone with the wind: why electricity shortages are becoming the norm

6 November 2020

3:54 AM

6 November 2020

3:54 AM

If it wasn’t miserable enough being told that I have to spend the next month at home, now I have ‘Pete’ from Octopus Energy emailing me and asking if I would mind terribly turning off a few appliances between 4.30pm and 6.30pm. If fact, he says, if I can halve my energy usage during those hours he’ll give me a half price deal on the rest.

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