Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what forecasts his Department has made for the total number of domestic electricity consumers in each of the next five years.

BEIS does not publish formal forecasts on future electricity customer numbers. However, as part of the supporting analysis for the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) consultation[1] an estimated profile of future domestic electricity meter points in Great Britain was included.

The Department does not hold an estimate on the number of future domestic electricity customers in Northern Ireland.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-proposals-for-the-energy-bills-support-scheme