UK electricity consumption levels back to 1960s levels UK electricity production per capita has fallen below 1970s levels, falling to 4,200 kWh, the same level as around 1968 (then 4,300 kWh), despite a historic peak in 2003 when it reached 6,700 kWh per person. The main reasons: deindustrialization (the transition from manufacturing to the service sector), increasing energy efficiency (eg LED lighting), and increasing electricity imports. The latter, in particular, is referred to by the UK Department of Energy Security and Carbon Neutrality, but it is, instead, not a cause, but a consequence of the previous problems.

UK electricity consumption levels back to 1960s levels UK electricity production per capita has fallen below 1970s levels, falling to 4,200 kWh, the same level as around 1968 (then 4,300 kWh), despite a historic peak in 2003 when it reached 6,700 kWh per person. The main reasons: deindustrialization (the transition from manufacturing to the service sector), increasing energy efficiency (eg LED lighting), and increasing electricity imports. The latter, in particular, is referred to by the UK Department of Energy Security and Carbon Neutrality, but it is, instead, not a cause, but a consequence of the previous problems.