UK electricity demand fell to 15.347 GW early Sunday morning, 12.3% below last year’s minimum demand and close to a record low, initial out-turn figures from National Grid showed Monday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now While extremely low, Sunday morning demand did not sink to the 14.4 GW forecast made by the system operator May 7, when it announced it had contracted EDF Energy to reduce generation at its Sizewell B nuclear plant in Suffolk for several weeks. “No emergency instructions were issued, but we are checking to see if this was a record low for demand. It was very similar to that of the bank holiday Easter weekend,” a National Grid spokesman said. The Optional Downward Flexibility […]