Sentence examples for risk of blackouts from inspiring English sources

But the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Britain was not at risk of blackouts.

The SBR is among several measures designed to minimise the risk of blackouts.

"The issuing of a NISM does not mean we were at risk of blackouts.

"Everyone has to participate in this national effort if we want to remove the risk of blackouts".

Connecticut officials also warned last week that a potentially shrinking supply created a high risk of blackouts this summer.

"There's a risk of blackouts somewhere between 2013 and 2016, depending on how fast the economy recovers," says Mr Helm.

The plants' initial 40-year licenses expire in 2013 and 2015, and a study commissioned by New York City and done by Charles River Associates of Boston, predicted that the area would face a capacity shortage that would increase the risk of blackout by 2016 if they are shut.

Mr Thomas says: "In the absence of dramatic events such as some major and sustained nuclear outages, I am not in the camp that believes we are at serious risks of blackouts in Britain".

These bottlenecks will increase electricity costs and the risks of blackouts.

With no backup available, California dipped into energy reserves "thereby increasing the risk of emergency blackouts," the complaint says.

The risk of power blackouts in Britain within 18 months has doubled since a year ago, according to the energy watchdog.