Submitted on Wednesday 30th November 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 7th December 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop any planned electricity blackouts this winter
The government needs to introduce legislation to stop the National Grid from planning electricity blackouts due to supply shortages, by legally requiring all industry and retail sectors to power down all non-essential electricity usage during peak hours.
Industry and retail use colossal amounts of electricity, and are responsible for vast amounts of irresponsible wastage, like leaving machinery running, and leaving lighting and heating on unnecessarily.
The general public should never be subjected to having planned electricity blackouts imposed on them, ever.
We all have a part to play in energy conservation, but industry and retail should bear a large part of that responsibility, and be legally required to do so by the government.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. National Grid is independent of the UK Government and Parliament, so any decision on managing electricity load is a decision for them.
You might be interested to know National Grid already have a scheme for managing demand from businesses, which you can read about here
www.nationalgrideso.com/industry-information/balancing-services/demand-side-response-dsr
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