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Electricity supplies are expected to return to normal following countrywide blackouts, the National Grid has said.
Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across London, Cheshire, Merseyside and East Anglia were affected on Tuesday.
Blackouts were caused by Sizewell B nuclear plant in Suffolk and Longanett coal-fired station in Scotland going off-line within minutes of each other.
In total, nine generating units across the country became unavailable.
Stuart Larque, spokesman for the National Grid, said: "We think it will be a case of business as usual. We have a very robust system in the UK.

Producers apologise
"It rarely fails and that's why everybody is talking about it so much."
The blackouts were caused by the opposite of a power surge as the National Grid deactivated local stations to maintain the required 50hz frequency.
When demand is greater than generation, the system fails, the National Grid said.
David Porter, chief executive of the Association of Electricity Producers, which represents the companies that generate the UK's electricity, said the problem was caused by several smaller issues that occurred at the same time.
"It was a huge coincidence. A couple of large power stations just within a few minutes of each other suffered breakdowns and the loss of power was more than the system is designed to take.

Tough decisions needed
"People were without power for 30 or 40 minutes I believe. Everybody in the industry is very sorry but it doesn't happen very often."
Independent energy consultancy, McKinnon and Clarke, has advised the government to build new power stations or face further power cuts. David Hunter, energy analyst at McKinnon and Clarke, said: "The government's inability to make long-term energy security decisions over the last decade is coming home to roost.

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