Power Failures
Commons · Question 52067 · Tabled 13 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 21 May 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to plan a (a) risk assessment and (b) contingency plan on the National Grid to prevent national-level blackouts.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 21 May 2025
Great Britain has a highly resilient energy system, and a total failure of power is assessed in the National Risk Register as a high impact but low likelihood event. In its 75-year history, the National Electricity Transmission System has never experience...