"Air conditioning is going to be a bit of a problem for us at the moment because the electricity grid is not able to cope with that amount of electricity demand, " he said.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the demand on the grid for heating in winter always gonna be higher than cooling in summer? I’m not an HVAC-savvy person but just from basic science, raising the temperature by 20C has to be more energetic than lowering it by 5C. What am I missing here?

Fair enough AC is monstrous because it rejects heat into the atmosphere and should be avoided, but I didn’t consider it a potential strain on the grid.

Edit: nvm I found out. Gas is the heating medium and is easier to deliver, whereas AC uses electricity and the grid can’t push that much. (But on paper AC is 4x more efficient than central heating at changing the temperature.)