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Interim technical report into the power outages of Friday 9 August

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19th August 2019 - Balancing the grid

We have published our interim technical report into the power outages of Friday 9 August. The final detailed technical report to Ofgem by National Grid ESO will be submitted by Friday 6 September, in accordance with the timeline set out by Ofgem.

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