The National Grid is no longer having to cater for major electricity surges at the end of programmes due to increasing use of on-demand services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
The National Grid was expecting a small surge when The Great British Bake Off returned this year, but a smart bit of scheduling kept viewers in their seats as the first episode concluded.
“We see as many [spikes in demand] but they are much, much smaller than they were, Jeremy Caplin, forecasting manager at electricity provider the National Grid, told the Financial Times.
“The way that people watch TV has meant that they have come down in size.”