EnvC WGREAD 09/15

A Review of Power Station Resilience over Winter 2013/14 8 February 2015 About Energy UK Energy UK is the Trade Association for the energy industry. Energy UK has over 80 companies as members that together cover the broad range of energy providers and suppliers and include companies of all sizes working in all forms of gas and electricity supply and energy networks. Energy UK members generate more than 90% of UK electricity, provide light and heat to some 26 million homes and invested over £13 billion in the British economy in 2013. Key points  

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The winter of 2013/14 was characterised by an exceptional number of storms, resulting in record levels of rainfall and strong winds throughout. Despite the severe winter, there were only three reports of lost production related to weather events at thermal and pumped storage power stations in Great Britain. There was one incident associated with groundwater flooding and two incidents associated with extreme winds. Lost production over the period December 2013 through February 2014 is estimated at 193 GWh. This is insignificant (