Electricity losses in transmission in the United Kingdom (UK) 1970-2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 28, 2024
Every year, the United Kingdom loses a share of generated electricity through transmission. In 2022, transmission losses amounted to around 25 terawatt-hours, or approximately eight percent of the electricity supplied in the UK that year. Transmission losses stood above 30 terawatt-hours in the early 2000's.

Electricity lost in transmission in the United Kingdom (UK) in selected years from 1970 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours)

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Release date

July 2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1970 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Data shows losses on the public distribution system (grid system and local networks) and other differences between data collected on sales and data collected on availability.
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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