It comes after money saving expert Martin Lewis said this weekend that 'civil unrest' is a possibility because of the pressure on the cost of living. They also say they want to see emergency measures to reduce energy costs and have threatened further action. Organisers want people to switch off until at least 7.10pm, when they predict there could be a surge on the National Grid as people return to their devices. Using the #BigPowerOff hashtag, the protest is similar to the Clap For Carers weekly show of support for the NHS and key workers during the first lockdown in 2020. In other words, as soon as the microcontroller finishes. It's thought that just 10 minutes could be enough to hit companies hard and "show the Government we can organise legal silent collective action without leaving home". This circuit allows you to cut off power completely when the microcontroller is not executing any task.
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The protest aims to impact shareholders of energy companies. On April 1 the energy price cap was increased, allowing energy firms to increase prices by up to 54%, meaning that families have been faced with increasingly unaffordable gas and electricity bills. The first Big Power Switch Off was held on Sunday, April 10, which saw people across the country turning off their devices in protest.
People will get another chance to protest the rise in energy bills by switching their electricity off for 10 minutes on Easter Sunday.