Grid operator recommends review of back-up power to prevent outages

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Infrastructure, resilience, and embedded generation should all be reviewed following the power cut on 9 August, National Grid has said

Higher levels of back-up generation should be considered in the wake of the recent power outage that left one million people without power and sparked major disruption to parts of the rail network...

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