Electricity transmission losses UK 2022

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 from1970 to 2022 (in terawatt-hours)

Characteristic	Transmission losses in terawatt-hours
2022	25
2021	26
2020	26
2019	26
2018	27
2017	27
2016	26
2015	28
2010	27
2005	28
2000	37
1990	25
1980	22
1970	18

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Release date

July 2023

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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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