Power Failures: South Basildon and East Thurrock
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimates his Department holds for the number of power cuts affecting South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency in the last 3 years.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Great Britain has a highly resilient energy network. Government works closely with industry to improve and maintain the resilience of energy infrastructure, including UK Power Networks, the Distribution Network Operator (DNO) for South Basildon and East Thurrock.
Whilst there is a high level of redundancy in the system, it is not immune from disruption. When incidents do occur, industry have well practiced plans to minimise impacts as quickly as possible.
The Government does not hold information on constituency level power cuts. DNOs are incentivised by the independent regulator, Ofgem, to minimise customer supply disruptions, and must report to Ofgem on performance against annual targets.
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