Rob Young

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All services in and out of the King's Cross station were suspended after The Blackout -

pay Three energy companies a total of £10. 5m, according to August's Power cut, which left a million people without Power and caused travel chaos.

it affected homes, businesses and hospitals, while The Train services interrupted for days.

RWE Generation , Orstead and UK Power Networks to pay into a legal protection Fund run by the UK atomic energy, Ofgem.

Ofgem says it will continue to be played, in The Role of The National Grid.

The Power outage hit shortly before 17:00 BST on Friday, 9. August, and the outages are spread across The Midlands , The South -East, South-West, North-West and North-East of England, and Wales.

to pay the Following Ofgem investigation, RWE Generation , which runs to Little Barford Power Station , and Orstead, which runs Hornsea offshore wind parks, the two agreed to £4. 5m. Distribution company UK Power Networks has agreed to pay £1. 5m.

The Money will be taken care of in The Right -protection-Fund Savings Trust, a charity organisation, of the energy.

'unusual event'

the atomic energy Ofgem has your investigation in August.

It was found that after a Lightning Strike , Hornsea offshore wind farm and Little Barford Power Station , both went down.

Jonathan Brearley, Ofgem incoming chief executive, told the BBC's Today programme, was the simultaneous failure of an "exceptional event".

He said that the device is within The Generators should not be "ridden" by the lightning-and it should, in a country-wide Power failure.

Mr Brearley said the Ofgem report recommends three sets of actions, the British energy company.

The part of The National grid that the UK will have to be adjusted, a force, to "The Right way", and he said new forms of energy Generation such as wind Power , needed to have a secure source of supply.

added, Finally, Mr. Brearley, "if we separate us, ever, people, we want to ensure we protect our critical infrastructure and The Most vulnerable".

National Grid will be divided?

analysis by Rob Young , BBC business reporter

National Grid was not responsible for the August Power outage. But don't heave the companies the bosses to breathe a sigh of relief just yet.

Ofgem says that there are A Number of problems that can be approached with The Grid of the processes and procedures, The Risk of Future Power outages.

and The controller is arranged to check, to change The Company , how it works. But this is only half the story.

Ofgem is you build your own review to National Grid The Role of electricity system operator (ESO), partly as a consequence of the results of their investigation into August's Power failure.

The regulator says that the structure and governance of National Grid ESO should be taken into account, and "enforcement action remains an option".

This is a note that the radical surgery of the path of National Grid.

the function of The System operator, is already the subject of a legally independent entity within The National grid company. Ofgem sources clear that one of the options under consideration will be a break-up of The Company , the "stripping" - Grid, The Role and operation of The System .

Some in the government are open to this idea. National Grid is far from in the clear.

'Unacceptable' interference

National Grid says that it has begun its own review and updating of industry-standards panel in April.

In a statement, he said it would work together with the authorities and the "colleagues in the industry, tackle the problems, and make sure that the lessons are learned, and all the changes are in The Best interests of the consumer".

Hornsea A wind-Power plant that went down, said in a statement that it took the interruption of the "very serious".

"We have co-operated with Ofgem during the investigation and conducted a thorough internal review of the events, in order to prevent such a situation happening again," she said.

Ofgem's report was published, together with another, It was noted that better communication between industry and government was necessary.

economic and energy Minister, Andrea Leadsom , said causes: "The trouble for people and businesses, was due to The Power outage in August is not acceptable.

"However, customers can be sure that we are one of The Most robust energy systems in The World , and today's report will help us reduce the risks of it happening again and to ensure that our industry is prepared energy better in The Future . "

this is the railway is not responding said: "good." There are also suggestions for improvements, as The Train will be software updated and monitored.

breadth of effect

Although it experienced no electricity for less than an hour in August, essential services such as hospitals fault, if your security systems respond to voltage fluctuations impact on The Network .

Some of The Power companies began to switch services for the customers before they were sure that this is not a shut-down Power to other parts of The Grid .

Thameslink trains that have just been added to the fleet in 2014, suffered a software glitch in the systems sensitive to voltage fluctuations.

Although some trains could be re-started, many are required to travel to, an engineer, was stranded on The Train for a manual restart.

the London Underground also saw the performance of the station is interrupted, and the signals was Lost .

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Source of news: bbc.com