Scots could be paid to turn off their power as part of an emergency blackout plan set to be brought out tomorrow.
Households may be given money to help Britain’s grid operator avoid a potential blackout on Tuesday evening due to a supply issue, which is being made worse by problems in the French energy grid.
The scheme, which launched at the start of this month, has already been tested twice in the last two weeks but has not yet been run for a live event.
The National Grid's electricity systems operator division said it is considering whether to activate a live run of its demand flexibility service for the first time on Tuesday.
A decision will be made by 2.30pm today whether to issue the notice to households and suppliers across the country, the Mirror reports.
A spokesperson for National Grid ESO said: "What has happened is that the ESO has issued an indicative notice on BMRS to alert demand flexibility service providers that we may issue a requirement at 2:30pm for the use of DFS tomorrow night.
"We're still assessing what requirement we might need, so it's still possible that we will issue a requirement for 0MW at 2:30pm that will stand down the use of the DFS tomorrow night."
Downing Street previously said the potential for power blackouts was not discussed but insisted ministers are "preparing for all eventualities".
"We do have quite a diverse energy provision. Offshore wind continues to provide a huge amount of our energy, particularly during the winter months," a spokesman said.
"While we are preparing for all eventualities, we are confident that we will continue to have good provision throughout the winter months."
The National Grid had previously issued a warning to UK households that blackouts could become a reality as winter hits its peak and icy weather bites.
John Pettigrew, National Grids CEO, said this was a "worst-case scenario", but the government has nonetheless been creating emergency plans to cope with the energy blackouts.
These could last up to seven days in the event of a national power outage as worries grow over the security of supplies.
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