by Ethan Huff, Natural News:

In an effort to conserve dwindling energy supplies, the government of Great Britain is offering cash payments to more than a million households if they agree to cut the power off for one hour between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on specific days.

The Demand Flexibility Service has warned that if people do not take the offer, it could be a lights out grid collapse situation. This seems to now be the case across Western Europe as well due to the loss of cheap and abundant Russian gas.