Clear, proportionate and realistic resilience standards set by government

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Government should introduce a statutory requirement by 2022 for Secretaries of State to publish:

  • clear, proportionate and realistic standards every five years for the resilience of energy, water, digital, road and rail services
  • an assessment of how existing structures, powers and incentives enable operators to deliver these standards or where changes are needed.

Regulators should introduce obligations on infrastructure operators to meet these resilience standards by 2023.

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