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UK electricity operator National Grid launched a reward scheme on Monday where customers will be paid for reducing electricity consumption during the busiest hours.

Coal-fired power plants put on standby as mercury dips below freezing

THREE coal power plants are on standby as the scheme designed to stop blackouts is set to go live for the first time.

Company will pay households more than £1m as it deploys its Demand Flexibility Service

The grid is trying to manage tighter-than-usual margins on Monday and could pay customers several pounds for each unit of electricity they save.

The National Grid said it would be activating its Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) this evening with 26 major energy suppliers such as British Gas, EDF, Eon and Octopus Energy signed up.

The National Grid said it would be activating its Demand Flexibility Service between 5pm and 6pm tonight. People who cook outside that time or put off their laundry should get money off their bills.

We're left with demand management to keep the lights on – rewarding the rich at the expense of the poor, and all using taxpayer funds