UK: concern about future power cuts 2022

The majority of UK residents are concerned about power cuts becoming more frequent in the future. A survey conducted by the UK Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in 2022 found that some 33 percent of the respondents were fairly concerned, whereas another 43 percent were very concerned about power cuts becoming more frequent in the future.

Share of respondents who are concerned about power cuts becoming more frequent in the future in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Very concerned	43%
Fairly concerned	33%
Not very concerned	18%
Not at all concerned	2%
Don't know	3%

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

June 9 to July 7, 2022

Number of respondents

4,462 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

UK households

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: 'How concerned, if at all, are you about power cuts becoming more frequent in the future? By 'the future' we mean the next 10-20 years.'

Percentages may not total 100 percent due to rounding.
This statistic using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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