Question follow-through · 2736
Power Failures
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was the average duration of an unplanned power outage in each Distribution Network Operator area in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 28 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was the average duration of an unplanned power outage in each Distribution Network Operator area in each of the last five years.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2026
Answer published
The UK has a highly resilient energy network, and industry works to continuously minimise the risk and impacts of unplanned outages. All DNOs are regulated by the independent regulator, Ofgem, and must report their performance against annual targets to Of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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