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Instead of reducing spare capacity by shutting down perfectly viable coal and gas power stations the Government should be working flat out to make power cuts less likely. New National Grid


warnings that reserve supplies have plunged from 10 per cent to five per cent of overall capacity should cause ministers to reassess their priorities. Instead of a mania for green energy


they should think more about energy affordability and energy security too. Because if the lights start going out then an incumbent government tends to follow very shortly afterwards.