Electricity: Commodity balances

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Contents
Electricity commodity balance for each year from 1998 to 2019.

Background
Electricity commodity balance. Annual data published on the last Thursday of July with detailed commentary available in the BEIS statistical
publication the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES).

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Glossary and acronyms
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES)
Electricity: Chapter 5, Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES)
Electricity statistics: data sources and methodologies
Energy statistics revisions policy
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES): Annex B

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5.1 Commodity balances
Electricity

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total electricity
Supply
Production 361,078 365,250 374,374 382,356 384,594 395,475 391,280 395,430 393,429 392,971 384,829
Other sources (1) 1,624 2,902 2,694 2,422 2,652 2,734 2,649 2,930 3,853 3,859 4,089
Imports 12,599 14,507 14,308 10,663 9,183 5,119 9,784 11,160 10,282 8,613 12,294
Exports -131 -263 -134 -264 -768 -2,959 -2,294 -2,839 -2,765 -3,398 -1,272
Marine bunkers - - - - - - - - - - -
Stock change - - - - - - - - - - -
Transfers - - - - - - - - - - -
Total supply 375,170 382,396 391,243 395,177 395,661 400,369 401,418 406,681 404,799 402,045 399,940
Statistical difference (2) 1,861 1,564 1,497 1,167 983 2,208 2,447 227 104 -392 275
Total demand 373,309 380,832 389,746 394,010 394,678 398,162 398,971 406,454 404,695 402,437 399,665
Transformation - - - - - - - - - - -
Energy industry use 29,674 29,790 30,680 30,387 31,297 32,081 29,296 30,105 32,055 32,558 29,991
Electricity generation 17,408 16,707 16,304 17,394 17,126 18,136 17,032 17,873 18,503 17,694 16,342
Oil and gas extraction 537 408 527 675 541 551 558 505 546 560 598
Petroleum refineries 5,136 4,981 6,362 5,231 6,553 5,769 4,681 4,459 4,660 5,634 4,351
Coal extraction and coke manufacture 1,334 1,358 1,283 1,223 1,163 1,190 1,119 1,165 1,133 1,073 1,058
Blast furnaces 948 948 877 885 502 492 468 515 497 479 452
Patent fuel manufacture - - - - - - - - - - -
Pumped storage 2,594 3,774 3,499 3,210 3,463 3,546 3,497 3,707 4,918 5,071 5,371
Other 1,717 1,614 1,828 1,769 1,950 2,398 1,942 1,881 1,798 2,047 1,818
Losses 27,957 28,298 29,649 30,902 29,980 29,862 30,728 27,674 27,410 28,223 27,852
Final consumption 315,678 322,744 329,420 332,721 333,401 336,219 338,948 348,675 345,229 341,656 341,822
Industry 107,177 110,978 114,112 111,337 110,168 109,278 111,467 116,024 114,896 112,800 114,151
Unclassified - - - - - - - - - - -
Iron and steel 9,571 9,779 6,349 5,303 5,092 5,434 5,412 5,020 5,860 4,937 4,657
Non-ferrous metals 5,698 5,895 6,152 7,324 6,325 7,244 7,468 7,693 7,524 7,386 7,391
Mineral products 7,142 7,265 8,109 7,247 7,015 7,451 7,535 7,978 7,869 7,811 7,931
Chemicals 20,916 21,677 23,732 21,079 22,361 19,741 19,928 21,125 20,391 20,197 20,287
Mechanical engineering etc 8,520 8,824 9,420 8,569 8,494 8,539 8,410 8,633 8,491 8,458 8,614
Electrical engineering etc 5,996 6,006 6,196 5,697 5,830 5,969 6,609 7,420 7,342 7,290 7,397
Vehicles 5,586 5,615 6,316 5,824 5,576 5,611 5,583 5,841 5,748 5,723 5,812
Food, beverages etc 11,852 12,524 11,724 11,570 11,866 11,449 12,049 12,273 12,118 12,082 12,257
Textiles, leather etc 3,666 3,751 3,599 3,303 3,423 3,403 3,333 3,393 3,360 3,349 3,395
Paper, printing etc 10,684 10,989 11,416 11,511 11,688 12,550 13,171 13,225 12,906 12,741 12,865
Other industries 16,012 17,125 19,514 22,213 20,799 20,186 20,166 21,495 21,449 21,028 21,729
Construction 1,534 1,528 1,586 1,698 1,700 1,701 1,804 1,929 1,840 1,798 1,817
Transport (3) 8,511 8,579 8,623 8,828 8,454 8,212 4,058 4,059 4,002 3,962 3,954
Air - - - - - - - - - - -
Rail (4) 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 4,039 4,040 3,983 3,943 3,936
Road (5) - - - - - - 19 19 19 18 18
National navigation - - - - - - - - - - -
Pipelines - - - - - - - - - - -
Other 199,990 203,187 206,685 212,557 214,779 218,728 223,423 228,591 226,331 224,895 223,718
Domestic 109,410 110,308 111,842 115,337 120,014 123,001 124,201 125,711 124,704 123,076 119,800
Public administration 21,577 21,951 20,913 21,105 20,357 20,423 20,158 20,028 20,012 20,087 20,355
Commercial 64,952 66,748 69,571 72,014 70,363 71,298 75,021 78,850 77,606 77,677 79,496
Agriculture 4,051 4,180 4,358 4,100 4,045 4,005 4,044 4,002 4,009 4,055 4,067
Miscellaneous - - - - - - - - - - -
Non energy use - - - - - - - - - - -

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5.1 Commodity balances (continued)
Electricity

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Electricity production
Total production (6) 361,078 365,250 374,374 382,356 384,594 395,475 391,280 395,430 393,429 392,971 384,829
Primary electricity - - - - - - - - - - -
Major power producers 103,723 99,564 89,394 93,307 91,776 91,254 83,907 85,444 79,144 70,741 62,097
Nuclear 99,486 95,133 85,063 90,093 87,848 88,686 79,999 81,618 75,451 63,028 52,486
Large scale hydro (6) 4,237 4,431 4,331 3,215 3,927 2,523 3,773 3,637 3,481 3,906 3,971
Small scale hydro (7) - - - - - 44 135 189 212 238 253
Wind and solar (8)(9) - - - - - - - - - 3,569 5,388
Other generators 1,757 1,756 1,701 1,805 2,119 1,948 2,875 4,008 5,136 2,652 2,668
Nuclear - - - - - - - - - - -
Large scale hydro 674 698 540 630 657 561 788 841 634 648 629
Small scale hydro (7) 206 207 214 210 204 99 148 254 266 285 288
Wind, wave and solar photovoltaics (8)(9) 877 851 947 965 1,259 1,288 1,939 2,912 4,236 1,719 1,751
Secondary electricity - - - - - - - - - - -
Major power producers 228,417 234,142 249,695 257,328 259,566 268,612 271,758 273,838 278,236 286,717 289,053
Coal 118,595 102,074 117,025 127,128 120,958 134,023 127,827 130,690 144,947 132,074 120,305
Oil 3,442 2,943 2,415 2,472 2,011 2,197 1,883 2,921 3,723 2,955 4,557
Gas 105,804 128,365 129,558 126,999 135,741 131,238 140,577 137,483 126,637 149,346 161,583
Renewables 576 760 698 729 856 1,154 1,471 2,744 2,928 2,341 2,608
Other - - - - - - - - - - -
Other generators 27,181 29,788 33,584 29,915 31,133 33,661 32,740 32,140 30,914 32,860 31,011
Coal 4,376 4,106 2,925 4,333 3,321 4,282 3,961 3,947 3,903 3,870 4,077
Oil 3,913 3,606 4,109 2,781 2,788 2,397 2,761 2,417 2,450 2,093 2,152
Gas 11,994 14,537 18,519 14,906 16,536 17,643 16,487 15,159 14,191 16,447 14,636
Renewables 2,661 3,227 3,630 4,318 4,769 5,537 6,469 6,941 6,999 6,983 6,958
Other 4,237 4,312 4,401 3,577 3,719 3,800 3,062 3,676 3,371 3,467 3,188
- - - - - - - - - - -
Primary and secondary production (10) - - - - - - - - - - -
Nuclear 99,486 95,133 85,063 90,093 87,848 88,686 79,999 81,618 75,451 63,028 52,486
Hydro 5,117 5,336 5,085 4,055 4,788 3,228 4,844 4,921 4,593 5,077 5,141
Wind, wave and solar photovoltaics 877 851 947 965 1,259 1,288 1,939 2,912 4,236 5,288 7,139
Coal 122,971 106,180 119,950 131,461 124,279 138,305 131,788 134,637 148,850 135,944 124,381
Oil 7,355 6,549 6,524 5,253 4,799 4,594 4,644 5,338 6,173 5,048 6,709
Gas 117,798 142,902 148,077 141,905 152,277 148,881 157,064 152,642 140,828 165,793 176,219
Other renewables 3,237 3,987 4,328 5,048 5,625 6,692 7,940 9,685 9,928 9,325 9,566
Other 4,237 4,312 4,401 3,577 3,719 3,800 3,062 3,676 3,371 3,467 3,188
Total production 361,078 365,250 374,375 382,356 384,594 395,475 391,280 395,430 393,429 392,971 384,829

(1) Pumped storage production.

(2) Total supply minus total demand.
(3) From 2004, non-traction Transport sector consumption is included under 'Transport Services'.
(4) From 2004, this includes light rail and metro systems (eg. London Underground).
(5) Included from 2004.
(6) Excludes pumped storage production.
(7) A re-assessment in 2004 showed that some small scale hydro output previously classified to Other Generators should be classified to Major Power Producers.
(8) From 2007, major wind farm companies are included under Major Power Producers, see paragraph 5.89.
(9) From 2015, major solar companies are included under Major Power Producers, see paragraph 5.89.

(10) These figures are the same as the electricity generated figures in Table 5.6 except that they exclude pumped storage production. Table 5.6 shows that electricity used on works is deducted to obtain electricity supplied. It is electricity supplied that is used to produce Chart 5.6 showing each fuel's share of
electricity output (see paragraph 5.45).

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 GWh
2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

373,069 378,918 365,077 360,907 335,213 336,136 336,205r 335,325r 330,277r 323,005
3,685 3,150 2,906 2,967 2,883 2,739 2,959 2,872 2,498 1,756
6,609 7,144 8,689 13,774 23,243 22,961 20,018 18,167 21,332 24,556
-3,748 -4,481 -2,467 -1,910 -2,723 -1,855 -2,273 -3,407 -2,225 -3,385
- - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
379,615 384,732 374,204 375,738 358,616 359,981 356,909r 352,957r 351,883r 345,931
139 -150 -150 -622 -1,066 1,310 244r 315r -957r 320
379,476 384,882 374,354 376,360 359,682 358,671 356,665r 352,642r 352,840r 345,611
- - - - - - - - - -
29,685 29,008 28,341 29,172 28,382 27,894 26,546r 26,473r 25,735r 23,940
16,571 16,122 16,451 17,983 16,479 16,652 15,268r 15,470r 15,414r 14,834
594 563 576 565 536 606 557 584 632r 645
4,519 5,034 4,684 3,793 4,873 4,532 4,401 4,334 4,179r 4,231
1,018 1,040 929 902 741 549 465 451 418 387
464 297 253 369 440 344 209 186 178 174
- - - - - - - - - -
4,843 4,212 3,843 3,978 3,884 3,711 4,014 3,859 3,391 2,360
1,676 1,740 1,603 1,581 1,429 1,500 1,632 1,589 1,523r 1,308
28,043 27,037 28,140 28,917 28,514 27,297 26,086r 26,520r 26,661r 26,412
321,748 328,837 317,873 318,272 302,786 303,480 304,033r 299,649r 300,444r 295,259
99,738 104,538 102,416 98,456 93,005 92,938 93,316r 92,308r 93,871r 91,617
- - - - - - - - - -
3,615 3,842 3,852 3,579 3,787 3,688 2,830r 2,703 2,560 2,443
6,075 6,726 6,971 5,028 4,475 4,424 4,507 4,306 4,087r 3,910
7,010 7,266 7,010 6,747 6,267 6,102 6,240 6,170 6,328r 6,139
17,702 18,468 17,640 17,508 15,476 15,615 15,088 15,234 15,265r 14,964
7,688 7,653 7,261 7,072 6,912 6,232 6,210 6,472 6,512r 6,397
6,455 6,657 6,383 6,189 5,714 5,994 6,058 5,985 6,086r 6,132
5,012 5,284 5,188 5,081 4,831 4,876 4,848 4,756 4,766r 4,568
10,741 11,520 11,322 11,137 10,644 10,778 10,960 11,057 11,814r 11,472
3,013 3,050 2,992 2,910 2,721 2,692 2,694 2,718 2,721r 2,665
11,069 10,954 10,940 10,866 10,725 10,602 10,564 10,598r 10,437r 10,175
19,771 21,497 21,317 20,848 20,060 20,572 22,009 20,894r 21,902r 21,370
1,586 1,621 1,539 1,494 1,393 1,364 1,309 1,417 1,394r 1,382
4,051 4,068 4,205 4,480 4,504 4,517 4,690 4,833 4,984 5,456
- - - - - - - - - -
4,033 4,050 4,184 4,454 4,437 4,419 4,557 4,649 4,742 5,089
18 18 21 26 68 97 133 184 241 366
- - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
217,959 220,232 211,252 215,336 205,277 206,025 206,027 202,508 201,589r 198,187
118,541 118,832 111,586 114,663 108,076 107,764 108,025 105,368 105,065 103,825
19,442 19,100 18,397 18,903 18,502 19,371 19,708 19,746 18,248r 17,744
76,176 78,272 77,320 77,899 74,854 74,773 73,984 73,046 73,961r 72,413
3,801 4,029 3,948 3,871 3,844 4,117 4,310 4,348 4,316r 4,205
- - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -

92
 GWh
2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

373,069 378,918 365,076 360,907 335,213 336,136 336,205r 335,325r 330,277r 323,005
- - - - - -
79,932 72,812 86,492 91,732 95,145 109,913 108,425r 118,447r 120,700r 119,308
69,098 62,140 68,980 70,405 63,748 70,345 71,726r 70,336r 65,064r 56,184
4,029 2,505 4,289 3,898 4,333 4,578 3,658r 3,855r 3,461r 3,839
265 199 304 272 301 328 293r 324r 339r 351
6,540 7,970 12,918 17,157 26,762 34,662 32,748r 43,932r 51,836r 58,934
3,695 3,247 4,388 5,187 10,507 14,539 16,226r 18,874r 19,459r 20,078
- - - - - - - - - -
635 587 698 733 720 736 697r 730r 687r 702
299 301 400 406 533 655 723r 974r 956r 1,043
2,761 2,358 3,290 4,048 9,253 13,148 14,807r 17,170r 17,815r 18,333
- - - - - -
258,394 271,645 243,141 233,592 202,794 183,338 181,559r 166,425r 158,132r 148,128
99,287 103,841 104,668 140,118 100,167 75,812 30,613r 22,481r 16,778r 6,841
3,839 2,273 1,075 1,132 530 683 606r 390r 625r 695
152,598 161,748 132,753 86,229 88,871 88,461 131,972r 124,512r 119,632r 118,593
2,670 3,783 4,646 6,113 12,698 17,694 17,400r 17,766r 19,965r 20,836
- - - - 528 689 968r 1,276r 1,132r 1,162
31,048 31,214 31,055 30,395 26,768 28,346 29,995r 31,579r 31,987r 35,491
3,751 3,753 3,774 2,992 72 66 56r 49r 53r 50
2,155 2,532 2,044 1,441 1,390 1,354 1,285r 1,225r 438r 425
13,901 13,906 13,746 13,940 12,021 11,415 11,384r 12,233r 11,857r 13,338
8,045 8,478 8,668 8,621 9,921 11,563 12,665r 14,128r 14,989r 16,477
3,196 2,545 2,823 3,401 3,363 3,948 4,605r 3,944r 4,648r 5,201
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
69,098 62,140 68,980 70,405 63,748 70,345 71,726r 70,336r 65,064r 56,184
5,228 3,591 5,692 5,310 5,888 6,297 5,370r 5,882r 5,444r 5,935
9,302 10,328 16,208 21,205 36,016 47,810 47,555r 61,103r 69,651r 77,267
103,038 107,594 108,442 143,111 100,239 75,878 30,669r 22,530r 16,831r 6,891
5,995 4,805 3,119 2,573 1,920 2,037 1,890r 1,614r 1,063r 1,119
166,499 175,653 146,499 100,170 100,892 99,875 143,356r 136,746r 131,490r 131,931
10,714 12,261 13,313 14,734 22,619 29,257 30,066r 31,894r 34,954r 37,314
3,196 2,545 2,823 3,401 3,891 4,636 5,573r 5,219r 5,780r 6,363
373,069 378,918 365,076 360,907 335,213 336,136 336,205r 335,325r 330,277r 323,005

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