About this data

Source: DESNZ, Historical electricity data: 1920 to 2025 (to 1969); Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) 2026, Table 1.1.5 (from 1970); ONS mid-year population estimates

• Final consumption only: electricity used by the energy industries themselves and lost in transmission and distribution isn't included.
• Up to 1964 the figures are electricity sold by public supply, from the Ministry of Power's Statistical Digest; consumption by final users isn't available for every year before 1965. In 1960 and 1965, the two years with both, electricity sold was about 3% higher.

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