According to The Guardian, the British government started ‘war-gaming’ an emergency plan to deal with wide-scale disruptions to its energy supply last year, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The plan, called Programme Yarrow, was initially set up to deal with impacts to the National Grid.
Yarrow lays out the government’s response in the event of a sudden loss of power across the country, impacting everything from transportation and communications to food and water supplies.
The contingency plan envisions 60% of power would be restored within two to seven days. Rolling blackouts would be implemented to ration supply. Yarrow puts a priority on restoring power to young and older residents.
According to The Guardian, the British government doesn’t want any publicity about Programme Yarrow, because they don’t want people to think it was tied to recent events like the war in Ukraine.
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