Find Electricity and Power expertise in United Kingdom

The UK electricity supply system is a free private sector market. The sector can delineated into four parts the generators, transmission, distribution companies and supply companies. Coal generation which provided over 80% of the UK’s electricity in the 1980s has decreased in significance. Significant generation capacity is now fulfilled also by gas- and nuclear-powered stations. A smaller percentage is generated by renewable resources. Generation is carried out by many companies form large enterprises to small localised companies or households. One company, National Grid own the electricity transmission network in England and Wales and operate the entire transmission system throughout Great Britain. There are numerous players in the distribution and supply market. The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM) regulates the market.