Power suppliers to pay $14 mln fine for UK outage in August - regulator
03/01/2020 07:34
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Britain's energy regulator said on Friday
it had fined electricity suppliers 10.5 million pounds ($13.77
million) for the Aug. 9 blackout in the country that affected
one million customers and caused transport chaos.
The regulator, Ofgem, said https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/companies-pay-105-million-over-9-august-power-cut
Hornsea One Ltd ORSTED.CO , RWE RWEG.DE and UKPN have agreed
to pay the sum for failing to remain connected after the
lightning strike that caused the outage and for technical breach
of rules.
The watchdog said it has also identified issues surrounding
management of the system by the National Grid Electricity System
Operator.
($1 = 0.7627 pounds)
(Reporting by Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun
Koyyur)
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