British wholesale electricity prices for the following day jumped by 19% to £475 per megawatt hour.
A key electricity cable between Britain and France has been shut down, sending wholesale energy prices soaring.
On Wednesday, British electricity prices for the following day jumped by 19% to £475 per megawatt hour . A spokesperson for National Grid's electricity system operator, which balances power supplies in the UK, said it expects to "continue supplying electricity safely and securely" despite the incident.
Glenn Rickson, head of European power analysis at S&P Global Platts Analytics, told Reuters: "The outage is going to lift the potential for price volatility as long as it's offline... and of course demand will get higher as we move further into winter."
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