National Grid boss claims Heathrow had 'enough power' despite shutdown

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National Grid boss claims Heathrow had 'enough power' despite shutdown

The chief executive of National Grid has claimed that Heathrow Airport had enough power from other substations despite Friday's shutdown.

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Simon Gallagher, founder of UK Network Services, said Heathrow could have had enough power from one live substation during the outage, but it would have taken hours to reconfigure the airport's network. He acknowledged National Grid’s point that there was sufficient capacity but stressed Heathrow's...

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