Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans the Government has in place to protect the UK from widespread electricity failure.

DECC works collaboratively with industry and other government partners to develop contingency plans to a range of risks that can impact the electricity sector. These plans are set out in the National Emergency Plan – Downstream Gas and Electricity, available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/385885/UK_DGE_NEP_-_November_2014.pdf.