On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 09:16:56 -0800 (PST), wrote:

High demand, 100MW of open cycle gas on the grid, lots of wind and most
of the nukes online (Dungeness B tripped yet again) and importing to
capacity. Must be pretty close to the limit of what's available.

How high was demand? Gridwatch flatlined just before 1900 but that
time is normally after the peak. Even so gas was under 20 GW (can go
well over that), pumped had 0.5 GW spare, hydro looked to be flat out
and so was coal at over 15 GW. Nukes doing well, Nothing unusual
about importing at capacity from the French or Dutch.

Are there any useable oil plants left?

Yes, Littlebrook though it's signed up as SBR so is not active in the
market any longer.

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Cheers
Dave.