Electricity demand in Britain looks to have returned to relatively ‘normal’ levels, having plummeted during lockdown as businesses shut up shop, major industries wound down, and millions of workers were furloughed or worked from home, a fresh analysis indicates. After the government implemented measures aimed at combating the Covid-19 outbreak in March, demand for electricity in Britain initially fell 15 per cent below 2019 levels. However, levels saw an uptick in July and by the beginning of August were once again on a par with demand levels seen in 2019, according to a new analysis from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight.
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