HC Deb 22 March 1993 vol 221 cc484-5W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the average number of hours of power lost per consumer due to system interruptions in the area covered by each of the electricity companies in England in each of the last five years.

Mr. Eggar

The information is as follows:

Hours lost per connected customer
1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92
London 4.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.1
Seeboard 21.1 1.8 3.6 1.7 1.4
Southern 9.1 1.6 9.7 1.6 1.7
South Western 2.5 2.4 15.3 3.1 2.9
South Wales 3.3 3.2 5.9 5.5 5.4
Manweb 2.0 1.4 2.7 3.1 1.8
Eastern 12.5 1.2 3.0 1.3 1.1
East Midlands 1.4 1.3 1.8 16.7 1.5
Midlands 1.7 1.6 2.8 6.6 2.0
Norweb 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.2
Yorkshire 1.3 1.2 1.3 2.9 1.0
Northern 1.3 1.5 1.7 4.1 1.6

This table of system interruptions in each of the areas covered by the 12 regional electricity companies (RECs) was compiled by the Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER). Full data are available on request from each REC or from OFFER.