Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 67939

Photovoltaics

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Andrew Bowie

ConservativeWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that firmware updates to photovoltaic inverters connected to the UK grid cannot be used as a vector for cyber or physical disruption.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Maintaining security of energy supplies is a key priority and critical energy operators are required to meet a minimum standard of cyber security and resilience, through the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018. The Department works continuall...

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