Policy paper

National preventive action plan: gas

The Preventive Action Plan sets out the policy and regulatory approach to gas security.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Published: 8 November 2012
• Last updated: 28 July 2023
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  1. 28 July 2023

     We have updated the National Preventive Action Plan: Gas to reflect enhancements to operational procedures and the interactions between the sectors in the event of an emergency, including updates to governance and regulation, and to names of organisations and linked documents.

  2. 16 December 2016

     Updated national preventive action plan: gas

  3. 11 August 2015

     Updated national preventive action plan: gas.

  4. 11 December 2014

     Updated preventive action plan for gas

  5. 8 November 2012

     First published.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

National preventive action plan: gas (revised July 2023)

PDF, 931 KB, 44 pages

Details

The Preventive Action Plan: Gas is made in accordance with Regulation 2017/1938 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply, incorporated into UK law by section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, with amendments made by the Gas (Security of Supply and Network Codes) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

The Plan includes an annex summarising response procedures for downstream gas and electricity emergencies, which are comprehensively set out in the National Emergency Plan for Downstream Gas and Electricity.