Energy: Infrastructure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure the resilience of (a) energy supplies and (b) energy infrastructure that provide power to (i) critical infrastructure and (ii) sites of national strategic importance.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Resilience of critical national infrastructure is paramount, and that includes having resilient power.
There are high levels of resilience in the national electricity system, and I would like to reassure my hon Friend that the Government works closely with industry to continually improve and maintain the resilience of energy infrastructure.
Alongside Ofgem, the Secretary of State has commissioned the National Energy System Operator to carry out a review to investigate the power disruption to Heathrow on Friday 21 March, and to understand any wider lessons to be learned on energy resilience for critical national infrastructure.
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