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<p>On 28 October, National Grid published its annual Winter Outlook 2014 report, which
analyses the current level of security of electricity supply in Great Britain. This
includes an estimate of peak electricity demand for this winter, but no separate assessment
is published for businesses or data centres.</p><p>In order to ensure security of
supply for all businesses, households and industry, National Grid announced it will
procure 1.1GW of additional de-rated capacity through Supplemental Balancing Reserve
(SBR) and Demand Side Balancing Reserve (DSBR) for the winter of 2014/15.</p><p>DECC
supports the decisive action taken by National Grid and Ofgem which will mean we have
secure electricity supplies, even with further unexpected outages or a very cold winter.</p>
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