There is a risk of blackouts in the UK in January when demand for electricity peaks and nuclear power plants enter scheduled maintenance. This is according to the country’s Electricity Supply Operator, with the entity’s head of national control telling Bloomberg the risk of blackouts was smaller than it was last year. The reason for the smaller risk, according to Craig Dyke, is the replacement of Russian pipeline gas with LNG in Europe, the continent’s full gas storage facilities, and the return of French nuclear power after a…