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Question follow-through · 52067

Power Failures

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.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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