DCC Consultation on BCDR Tests

Business Continuity Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Procedures help to ensure Services can continue to be provided with as little disruption as possible for DCC customers and consumers in the event of unexpected outages. BCDR Tests help to validate that these procedures enable Services to continue to function or be effectively recovered in the event of a disaster or unforeseen outage. 

This is our annual consultation on proposed test dates scheduled between April 2026 and March 2027. DCC continues to implement opportunities to reduce the impact of BCDR Tests while ensuring confidence that BCDR procedures can be successfully implemented in the event of unplanned outages.

BCDR Tests have been organised into the following categories:

a)    Non-Service Impacting BCDR Tests outside of DCC Live Systems
b)    Non-Service Impacting DCC Live System BCDR Tests
c)    Service Impacting DCC Live System BCDR Tests
The proposed BCDR Test dates can be found in the consultation and Parties are invited to provide their feedback.
The consultation will close on the 5th December 2025.