Overview

• Under the plan, the Department for Energy Security and the National Energy System Operator will lead efforts to restore power under Cabinet Office oversight
• The Emergency Alerts service will send texts to every mobile phone and guide people to battery-powered sources like car radios and phones to follow BBC updates during network failures
• The public is urged to visit the government’s Prepare website, stock bottled water, secure a battery-powered torch and check on vulnerable neighbours
• Critical service providers are required to bolster cyber defenses and reinforce supply chains against disruptions from new outbreaks of conflict in Ukraine
• Lessons from Storm Éowyn in 2024 and the 23-hour Iberian blackout inform the plan’s scenarios for interdepartmental coordination and rapid response exercises