– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 3 December 2008.
Alex Neil
Scottish National Party
Question S3W-18108
To ask the Scottish Executive what the peak demand for electricity was in each of the last 10 years and on what dates it occurred.
Jim Mather
Scottish National Party
From 2005, following the introduction of the British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements, official figures for Scotland are not available separately. However, available information is listed in the following table:
| Year | Simultaneous Maximum Load Met (MW) | Date | |
| UK | Scotland | ||
| 2007 | 61,527 | - | 17.12.07 |
| 2006 | 59,071 | - | 23.01.07 |
| 2005 | 61,697 | - | 29.11.05 |
| 2004 | 61,013 | 5,579 | 13.12.04 |
| 2003 | 60,501 | 5,909 | 08.12.03 |
| 2002 | 61,717 | 5,688 | 10.12.02 |
| 2001 | 58,589 | 5,504 | January 2001 (no specific date|) |
| 2000 | 58,452 | 5,861 | December 1999(no specific date|) |
| 1999 | 57,849 | 5,847 | - |
| 1998 | 56,312 | - | - |
Source: Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform).
Data covers the period ending March of the following year. For example, data for 2007 are for the year ending March 2008.
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