ELECTRICITY MAY BE RATIONED IN BRITIAN IN 2015

Regulators have warned Britons that the country may begin to ration power supply by year 2015 if the current amount of electricity generated is anything to go by.They said the country may not be producing

enough energy to keep the lights on by 2015.This will take Britain back to the seventies-style rationing to prevent total blackout.Speculations are that offices and factories could be ‘bribed’ to close for up to four hours a day during the winter to prevent households losing power.Energy regulator Ofgem said the country faced an ‘unprecedented challenge’ as coal-fired plants are closed by European Union diktats on the environment and in addition, nuclear power stations presently account for just 18% of Britain's electricity as against the 26% it produced when Labour was elected in 1997.Yesterday Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, promised £10billion for a new plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset that could power five million homes.