Heating when the power is off.

[Joe]

Another heating option during rolling power cuts could be storage heaters.
Now the logic behind these devices is they run on a separate overnight tariff and therefore cheaper electricity supply and during the day they expel this heat and keep the house warm.
However you can run them on a standard mains supply and charge the heat up during the day then during the power cut you just open the flap and you have several hours of heat.
The down side is cost, you are looking at £500 for a good unit and for that type of cash you could buy a pretty good second hand generator.