On 01/03/18 10:36, David wrote:
On Thu, 01 Mar 2018 08:55:36 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

On the news just now...

Apparently gas consumption today would be 400M cubic metres, but there's
only 350M cubic metres available, so a gas deficit has been declared.
This means large industrial users will have their gas cut off for part
of the day.

The two contributory factors are 1/3rd extra usage today over normal due
to the weather, and two gas import docks broken down.

Centrica closed our North Sea gas storage last year, which held 9 weeks
supply of gas, due ot it being not commercially viable anymore. Gas spot
price currently 190p/therm.

The usual Gridwatch interest.

Coal going well, nuclear and wind going well, CCGT throttled back.

Hang on, OCGT kicking in? In the middle of a gas shortage? Counter
intuitive. Presumably they have a guaranteed supply?



Yup. Isn't it?

Guess the short term price is high enough to make it worthwhile

Cheers


Dave R




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