Department of Energy and Climate Change

Over the last few years, DECC has developed energy consumption data to regional and local authority levels. This data reinforces the importance of local and regional decision-making in helping us achieve our national energy policy objectives – as identified in the Energy white paper 2003: our energy future - creating a low carbon economy.

DECC is committed to creating and making this energy data available in order to help local authorities and regional bodies to target their energy efficiency-related activities effectively.

In March 2008, the five local authority energy consumption datasets (which cover electricity, gas, road transport fuels, residual fuels and total energy consumption) gained National Statistics status. The middle layer super output area (MLSOA) gas and electricity dataset also gained this status. This applies to all datasets from 2005 onwards.

Helping you interpret the data

We have written guidance notes to help you understand the data and how best to use it:

• Guidance note for regional energy data

• Maps showing domestic, industrial and commercial electricity consumption at local authority level
• Maps showing domestic, industrial and commercial gas consumption at local authority level
• Maps showing total domestic, industrial and commercial energy consumption at local authority level

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Available datasets

To access all available datasets, follow the links below:

• Gas consumption data at regional and local authority level
• Electricity consumption data at regional and local authority level
• Electricity and gas consumption data at middle layer super output area and intermediate geography zone (MLSOA/IGZ) and selected data at lower layer super output area (LLSOA)
• Road transport energy consumption at regional and local authority level
• Other fuels at regional and local authority level
• Total final energy consumption at regional and local authority level
• High level indicators of energy use at regional and local authority level
• Quality indicators of energy data at regional and local authority level

Please note that residual fuel consumption and total final energy consumption on sub–national level for 2008 are scheduled for publication on 23rd December 2010.

A timetable of DECC's statistical releases for twelve months ahead is available below:

• DECC’s timetable of statistical releases for twelve months ahead (PDF, 42Kb) 

Combined local authority datasets

Alternatively, instead of accessing each dataset individually, you can view all local authority datasets from 2002 onwards in one place – using the combined regional files shown below. This means you can view the data quickly and easily without downloading separate files.

There are also middle layer super output area (MLSOA) combined documents for 2005, 2006 and 2007. You can look for individual local authorities or compare data from several areas at once.

Please note: this workbook requires you to download the file onto your hard drive and ‘enable macros’ before it will work correctly.

• Middle layer super output area (MLSOA) and intermediate geography zone (IGZ) electricity and gas data 2007
• Middle layer super output area (MLSOA) electricity and gas data 2006
• Middle layer super output area (MLSOA) electricity and gas data 2005
• Sub-national energy consumption statistics 2008 (revised June 2010)
• Sub-national energy consumption statistics 2007 (revised June 2010)
• Sub-national energy consumption statistics 2006 (revised June 2010)
• Sub-national energy consumption statistics 2005 (revised June 2010)
• Sub-national energy consumption statistics 2004 (revised July 2010)
• Sub-national energy consumption statistics 2003
• Sub-national energy consumption statistics 2002

For more information on regional and local authority data, please call Will Rose on 0300 068 5045 or email Will.Rose@decc.gsi.gov.uk