Scottish Power
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| Customer service | 00 44 800 027 0072 |
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| Headquarters | Glasgow |
| United Kingdom | |
| Ceo | Keith Anderson |
| Parent organizations | Iberdrola |
| Number of employees | 9,953 (2006) |
| Subsidiaries | ScottishPower Renewables |
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| ID | 875220 |
About Scottish Power
Scottish Power is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility Iberdrola. ScottishPower is the distribution network operator for central and southern Scotland, Merseyside, North Wales and parts of Cheshire and Shropshire.
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National Grid: Coal plants put on standby to supply electricity
By Michael Race & Dearbail JordanBusiness reporters, BBC News
National Grid has ordered two coal plants to begin Warming Up in case electricity supplies to the UK are disrupted because of the Cold Weather .
The Company said it asked Drax, which owns Britain's biggest Power Station , to prepare two coal-fired units.
It also said it was running a test of its scheme that offers discounts on bills for households who cut peak-time electricity use on Monday evening.
The Move comes as the UK experiences a snap of freezing temperatures.
It means demand for energy rises as more people heat their homes, and a lack of wind has reduced the amount of Renewable Energy available.
It is understood because of the cold temperatures, Monday will be the highest demand day for electricity So Far this winter.
National Grid said that while it had asked Drax to warm up its two coal-fired units at its site near Selby, North Yorkshire , the plants might not be used.
It said The Move " should give The Public confidence in Monday's energy supply" and added households should " continue to use energy as normal".
The UK receives electricity via subsea cables from European countries including France, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands, but higher demand in Europe could potentially disrupt supplies to the UK and would trigger the need for coal-generated energy.
In October, National Grid warned there was a risk of blackouts over The Winter months as a
Fintan Slye, Executive Director of National Grid, told The Bbc on Monday that power outages were " still a possibility" but said The Network operators remained " cautiously optimistic through The Winter that we will be able to manage it".
" We have enough supplies secured through the rest of The Day that we can manage that and ensure there's no disruption to customers' supplies, " he told The Bbc 's Today programme.
However, the electricity system operator (ESO) arm of National Grid said it was running a test of a scheme on Monday that offers discounts on bills for households who cut their electricity use at peak times between 17:00 and 19:00.
It allows people to save cash if they avoid high-power activities, such as cooking or using washing machines, when demand is high. National Grid has said this could save households up to £100 over The Winter .
But only homes with smart meters and whose supplier is signed up to the " Demand Flexibility Scheme" will be able to take part. About 14 million homes, less than half of all households in England, Scotland and Wales, have a smart meter installed.
Mr Slye said The Test had been triggered because National Grid wanted to " test how consumers would respond when The Weather was really cold". It is understood a decision was made by National Grid at 14:30 GMT on Sunday.
According to British Gas , EDF, Eon and Octopus are signed up to the scheme but Scottish Power appears not to be.
Octopus told The Bbc that almost 250,000 of its customers had signed up to Monday's two-hour test So Far , adding that its customers across the country had been paid £1m So Far from taking part in previous " saving sessions".
British Gas also confirmed it would be contacting customers to take part in Monday's scheme, but EDF said it would not be participating as it was finalising its plans.
Source of news: bbc.com
