§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give a general direction to regional electricity boards that all consumers wanting a pre-payment meter should be able to have one on request unless there are major practical
ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY OTHER* INDUSTRIES First quarter 1970 First quarter 1980 m tonnes coal equivalent† per cent. m tonnes coal equivalent† per cent. Coal … … … … 5.4 28.0 2.2 11.3 Coal derivatives … … 0.5 2.5 0.2 1.1 Gas … … … … 1.2 5.9 6.6 33.8 Electricity … … … 2.1 11.1 2.6 13.4 Petroleum … … … 10.2 52.5 7.9 40.4 19.4 100.0 19.5 100.0 * Industries other than the iron and steel industry. † The statistics in million therms have been converted to mtce using the average gross calorific value of industrial coal appropriate to each year, i.e. 256 and 261 therms per tonne for 1970 and 1980 respectively.