if you look at Scotland’s power generation facilities (Power stations in Scotland) you will see that usually we have Torness and Hunterston B for nuke and Longannet and Cockenzie for coal power. However since Hunterston B (along with Hinkley B) has been shut down due to the possibility of boiler tube failure (HSE) and the coal conveyor at Longannet has collapsed and will take until mid February to be repaired while they hope they will get a licence to run it on gas in the mean time it not a good situation to be in. Another factor to consider is that the black start facility for Scotland is Cruachan hydro plant which recently had serious problems with it’s generators after they were reconditioned.
All i can say is that i hope it doesn’t snow!!!