The East of England accounted for the highest average household electricity consumption in Great Britain in 2022. That year, it added up to 3,720 kilowatt-hours per household. In comparison, households in the North East of England had the lowest average consumption, at 2,906 kilowatt-hours per household. End user consumption of electricity in the UK Despite continual annual declines in consumption since 2005, households have remained the largest electricity end-users in the UK since 2005. In 2020, amidst lockdown measures following the coronavirus outbreak, the gap between domestic and industrial consumption grew even wider. In 2022, domestic electricity consumption in the UK amounted to 96 terawatt-hours, while industrial consumption recorded the lowest figure of the century, at some 85 terawatt-hours. Declining electricity consumption in the UK Electricity consumption in the UK has seen a dramatic decrease in the past two decades, at least partially related to increased efficiency in equipment and distribution. In 2022, consumption from all electricity suppliers in the UK stood at 275 terawatt-hours. Projections indicate that the UK's electricity consumption will resume a growing trend after 2025, to surpass 32 million tons of oil equivalent in 2040.

United Kingdom UK: Electric Power Consumption: per Capita data was reported at 5,129.528 kWh in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5,409.630 kWh for 2013. United Kingdom UK: Electric Power Consumption: per Capita data is updated yearly, averaging 5,082.440 kWh from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2014, with 55 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,270.984 kWh in 2005 and a record low of 2,412.137 kWh in 1960. United Kingdom UK: Electric Power Consumption: per Capita data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

Detailed household load and solar generation in minutely to hourly resolution. This data package contains measured time series data for several small businesses and residential households relevant for household- or low-voltage-level power system modeling. The data includes solar power generation as well as electricity consumption (load) in a resolution up to single device consumption. The starting point for the time series, as well as data quality, varies between households, with gaps spanning from a few minutes to entire days. All measurement devices provided cumulative energy consumption/generation over time. Hence overall energy consumption/generation is retained, in case of data gaps due to communication problems. Measurements were conducted 1-minute intervals, with all data made available in an interpolated, uniform and regular time interval. All data gaps are either interpolated linearly, or filled with data of prior days. Additionally, data in 15 and 60-minute resolution is provided for compatibility with other time series data. Data processing is conducted in Jupyter Notebooks/Python/pandas.

The United Kingdom’s electricity use has been declining since peaking at *** terawatt-hours in 2005. In 2024, the UK's electricity increased on the previous year, amounting to *** terawatt-hours. Electricity consumption in the UK typically follows a seasonal trend, peaking in the winter months. How electricity-intensive is the UK? Despite the continual decline in electricity consumption, the UK remains one of the largest electricity consumers in the world. In terms of per capita electricity consumption, however, the UK ranks low in comparison to other European countries such as Norway, Germany, and France. In 2023, it registered an average of ***** kilowatt-hours per person. The race towards a clean power mix In 2010, gas and coal accounted for roughly ** percent of the UK's power mix. Since then, alongside the EU Renewables Directive, the UK agreed and created its own National Renewable Energy Plan, to increase the use of renewable sources and decrease its fossil fuel dependence. In the past decade, the share of energy consumption in the UK attributable to renewable energy increased slightly, although it was still a small percentage out of the total in 2023.

The United Kingdom’s demand for electricity has been declining since 2005, standing at 318.65 terawatt-hours in 2024. Factors for this decrease include declining population growth in the country, energy efficiency regulations, energy-efficient lighting, and changing consumer habits. Domestic electricity consumption in the UK Households are the largest electricity end-users in the UK. In fact, domestic consumption is the only sector that registered year-over-year growth over the past few years, reaching 93 terawatt-hours in 2023. Nevertheless, the average domestic electricity consumption varied from region to region. Consumption was highest in the East, South East, and South West of England, each registering an average of more than 3,600 kilowatt-hours per household. Declining electricity generation in the UK Keeping up with the decline in demand, electricity generation in the UK has also been decreasing. In 2023, approximately 293 terawatt-hours were produced, the lowest output in at least three decades. Although electricity generation has been declining, renewable generation has increased significantly. As of 2023, renewables accounted for the largest electricity generation capacity in the UK, and that capacity is forecast to more than double by 2050. By 2025, the use of coal is expected to have been completely phased out.

The UK's energy use by industry (SIC 2007 group - around 130 categories), source (for example, industrial and domestic combustion, aircraft, road transport and so on - around 80 categories) and fuel (for example, anthracite, peat, natural gas and so on - around 20 categories), 1990 to 2023.

This statistic shows annual electricity consumption per square metre in households in England in 2011. On average all households consumed 71 kilowatt-hours per square metre that year. Terraced houses with an end terrace used up the most electricity per square metre, at 81 kilowatt-hours, followed by flats and multiple person households with no dependent children (77 kilowatt-hours per square metre in each case).

Data showing the counts and average consumption of domestic energy consumption in Plymouth.

Domestic electricity consumption estimates for Glasgow based on the Intermediate Geography areas. In England the equivalent is the Middle Layer Super Output Area (MLSOA). Data is provided for ordinary domestic and Economy 7 electricity consumption (kWh) , the number of ordinary domestic and Economy 7 meters and average consumption for ordinary domestic or economy 7 consumption (kWh) for Intermediate Geography areas in Glasgow. DECC provide a methodology and guidance chapter and an accompanying factsheet The data for Scotland in this dataset should be considered as provisional because DECC report a small inconsistency (-0.01% of total consumption) between the data contained in this dataset compared to the local authority dataset for Scottish geographical codes. Data extracted 2014-03-06 from gov.uk MLSOA electricity and gas:2010 Licence: None

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Over-Consuming Cold Appliances, 2015 is a large scale field trial, in which 998 appliances were monitored from 766 properties across England. Electricity consumption and temperature data were collected over a 7 day period and occupant interviews were conducted to understand how appliances were used and maintained. Improving the energy efficiency of Britain’s housing stock forms a major part of the Government’s energy and climate change policy. An important end use of energy in the housing stock is electricity consumed by household appliances, including fridges and freezers. In 2014, it was estimated that 10.5 TWh of electricity in England was consumed by domestic cold appliances, equivalent to 15.6% of the total electricity consumed by household domestic appliances in England. Previous research has suggested that around 9% of domestic cold appliances may be over-consuming (i.e. using significantly more electricity than they were designed to); however these findings were based on a relatively small sample. The present study recorded that of all the appliances monitored, 8% were found to be over-consuming. The average electricity consumption of an over-consuming cold appliance was 730 kWh/year (+/- 69 kWh/year), which was more than double that of all other cold appliances, where the average was 322 kWh/year (+/- 14 kWh/year). Replacing over-consuming appliances with appliances that operate ‘normally’ could represent a saving of approximately 408 kWh per appliance. This equates to £58/year, which is more than 10% of a household’s electricity bill. Scaled up to the English housing stock, the removal of over-consuming appliances from the household stock could result in a saving of 1.4 TWh/year, approximately 0.65 mega tonnes of CO2 and potential savings of over £199 million in electricity costs. Further information about this project can be found on gov.uk Publications webpage. Main Topics: The main focus of this study is electricity consumption. Simple random sample Purposive selection/case studies More details are contained in the study's report. Face-to-face interview Telephone interview

The Over-Consuming Cold Appliances, 2015 is a large scale field trial, in which 998 appliances were monitored from 766 properties across England. Electricity consumption and temperature data were collected over a 7 day period and occupant interviews were conducted to understand how appliances were used and maintained.

Improving the energy efficiency of Britain’s housing stock forms a major part of the Government’s energy and climate change policy. An important end use of energy in the housing stock is electricity consumed by household appliances, including fridges and freezers. In 2014, it was estimated that 10.5 TWh of electricity in England was consumed by domestic cold appliances, equivalent to 15.6% of the total electricity consumed by household domestic appliances in England. Previous research has suggested that around 9% of domestic cold appliances may be over-consuming (i.e. using significantly more electricity than they were designed to); however these findings were based on a relatively small sample.

The present study recorded that of all the appliances monitored, 8% were found to be over-consuming. The average electricity consumption of an over-consuming cold appliance was 730 kWh/year (+/- 69 kWh/year), which was more than double that of all other cold appliances, where the average was 322 kWh/year (+/- 14 kWh/year). Replacing over-consuming appliances with appliances that operate ‘normally’ could represent a saving of approximately 408 kWh per appliance. This equates to £58/year, which is more than 10% of a household’s electricity bill. Scaled up to the English housing stock, the removal of over-consuming appliances from the household stock could result in a saving of 1.4 TWh/year, approximately 0.65 mega tonnes of CO2 and potential savings of over £199 million in electricity costs.

Further information about this project can be found on gov.uk Publications webpage.

Household electricity prices in the United Kingdom averaged 22.03 euro cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in the first half of 2020. Over the past decade, household electricity prices have seen an overall increase, peaking at 22.10 euro cents per kWh in the second half of 2019. On average, the UK pays some of the highest electricity prices in Europe. Annual electricity billsIn 2019, the average annual domestic electricity bill for those with an electricity consumption of up to 3,800 kWh was 608 British pounds. In comparison, those with a consumption of 6,000 kWh paid 837 British pounds. Payment methods also affect electricity bills, with consumers who used prepayment paying the least. In 1970, the overall expenditure on electricity by all end users in the UK amounted to 1.5 billion British pounds. This increased significantly in the following decades and amounted to nearly 38 billion pounds by 2018.

This is the estimate in kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (kt CO2e) emissions for industrial electricity within the scope of influence of Local Authorities. The full dataset includes all emissions that occur within the boundaries of each local authority; the subset however excludes emissions that authorities do not have any direct influence over, these include: MotorwaysEU Emissions Trading System sitesDiesel railwaysLand use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (all emissions belonging to the LULUCF Net Emissions). Removing these emissions has a much bigger impact on some Local Authorities than others, as some Local Authorities have a much bigger proportion of emissions from the above sources than others. The emissions associated with electricity consumption are estimated using an average UK emission factor for the relevant year in terms of kt CO2 per GWh. This average allocates equal shares of coal, gas, oil and renewable powered generation to all of the electricity consumers and is derived from the UK inventory. Annualised electricity consumption data was compiled at meter point using Meter Point Administration Number (MPAN) level data. This data product is compiled by agents of the electricity suppliers, who collate/aggregate electricity consumption levels for each MPAN. The locations of these meters were determined from the Gemserv database supplied by ECOES (Electricity Central Online Enquiry Service). Where the address information was not available in the Gemserv database the Royal Mail Postcode Address File (PAF) was used to obtain a full address and postcode and reduce unallocated consumption. Each meter is allocated a profile class, which enables consumption of domestic customers (profiles 1 and 2) to be identified from the consumption of industrial and commercial customers (profiles 3 to 8). In addition, profile 1 and 2 meters are reallocated to the industrial and commercial sector if annualconsumption is greater than 100,000 kWh. Also re-allocated to the industrial and commercial sector are those consuming over 50,000 kWh with address information indicating non-domestic consumption. Data is Powered by LG Inform Plus and automatically checked for new data on the 3rd of each month.