The announcement of the UK government’s new Energy Resilience Strategy, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on 18 November 2025, signals a step-change for businesses, engineers and infrastructure providers alike.

This strategy elevates the importance of reliability, maintenance and rapid response across critical energy infrastructure. For our customers and the engineers we support, it reinforces just how pivotal field operations are in delivering resilience and continuity.

Why this matters for field engineers

The strategy emphasises asset management, maintenance and fire-safety processes for energy infrastructure such as substations, cables and other critical assets.
It calls for strengthening of response and restoration capabilities, including collaboration between operators, emergency services and maintenance teams.
There is an acknowledgement that many existing assets were built to older standards, and ongoing monitoring, inspection and proactive servicing now become business-critical.
For clients and contractors who deploy engineers on site, this means higher expectations around record-keeping, audit trails, rapid reaction, and integration of digital tools.

What this means for Okappy customers

At Okappy we work closely with organisations whose engineers and field operatives are out in the field, servicing, inspecting and repairing critical infrastructure. The new strategy provides two important opportunities:

Elevating service excellence – As our customers face stronger regulatory and operational pressures around energy infrastructure resilience, workflow systems like ours become foundational. Whether it’s capturing inspection data, scheduling preventive maintenance, or managing engineers on site with full visibility, Okappy offers the digital backbone to meet the demands.
Demonstrating resilience value – In a world where “just fixing when it breaks” is no longer acceptable, our customers can leverage Okappy to show proactive maintenance, traceable service records and rapid incident response. That helps meet the operational standards that the strategy anticipates.

A look ahead for engineers in the field

Inspection cycles will become more frequent and documented: Asset owners will be required to show that high-risk infrastructure is inspected, faults addressed and records kept. Engineers on site are central to this.
Rapid calls, rapid response: When disruption strikes (whether from weather, fire, cyber-attack or other), deployments will need to be coordinated and visible. Field teams must be equipped with tools to receive, respond and report in real time.
Data matters: Keeping paper logs isn’t enough. Digital traceability, time-stamped records, location data, photos and signatures will provide the audit trail infrastructure owners now require.
Collaboration is key: Field engineers, central operations, emergency services and infrastructure owners will increasingly need to operate in sync. A system like ours helps support that interoperability.

Final thoughts

The government’s Energy Resilience Strategy is more than a policy statement. It flags a transition: infrastructure services will need to operate to higher resilience, faster response and better documentation than ever before. For clients of Okappy, for the engineers you deploy and the operators you serve, this is a moment of opportunity.

By leveraging digital field-service tools today, you’re positioning your operations to meet the requirements of tomorrow.

Find out more about the UK Governments Energy Resilience Strategy. See how Okappy can strengthen your field operations. Book a demo today and put your team ahead of the curve.