‘Scotland faces danger of winter power cuts’ – Press and Journal

By Tim Pauling

Alex Salmond warned of blackouts this winter when he was challenged to back
a freeze in energy bills.

The first minister said the energy regulator Ofgem had shown him some
“extremely frightening” figures highlighting a lack of supply and the
danger of “exponential” prices rises.

Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont accused him of siding with the Big Six
energy companies rather than consumers faced with average energy hikes of
around 9%.

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