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This Is Why

Energy crisis: Will the UK be left in the dark this winter?

This Is Why

Sky News

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

National Grid is warning that households could face planned three-hour blackouts over the winter as the energy crisis worsens.

On the Sky News Daily podcast, Niall Paterson speaks to Jess Ralston from the Climate and Energy Intelligence Unit about the significance of blackout threats. Plus climate and energy correspondent Hannah Thomas-Peter unpacks the government's long-term energy strategy, including unleashing a new era of fossil fuel exploration.

Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interview producer: Alys Bowen
Podcast promotions producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont

Transcript

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0:29.7

Pain in my hip.

0:32.1

I keep feeling dizzy.

0:34.9

I'm getting migraines more often.

0:39.6

There's another way to contact your GP practice by simply sending your symptoms and requests

0:45.2

through their website or the NHS app. We're delivering an NHS fit for the future.

0:51.7

Tap it, type it and we'll take care of it.

0:56.8

Julia, how do you spell vertebrae?

0:58.6

Oh, just tight pain in the neck.

1:04.7

I want to speak to you simply and plainly about the grave emergency now facing our country.

1:08.5

We are asking you to cut down to the absolute minimum

1:11.7

the use of electricity for heating

1:14.4

and for other purposes in your homes.

1:17.2

That was Prime Minister Ted Heath

1:19.3

addressing the country in 1973.

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