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Chart of UK estimated domestic electricity use by cooking, lights and appliances, 1990 to 2019. This chart shows UK electricity use for a range of domestic applications. It has an x-axis reading from 1990 to 2020. The y-axis is in terawatt-hours and the scale reads from zero to 30. Lighting use is shown in orange and rises from about 17 terawatt hours in 1990 to a peak of 18 terawatt hours in 2003 and falls to 11 terawatt hours in 2019. Consumption by fridges and freezers is shown in dark blue. It falls from 26 terawatt hours in 1990 to 22 terawatt hours in 2000 and then down to 11 terawatt hours in 2019. Consumption by washing appliances is shown in light blue. It rises from 11 terawatt hours in 1990 to 9 terawatt hours in 2005 and remains at that level up to 2019. Consumption by cooking is shown in red. It increases slowly from 8 terawatt hours in 1990 to about 13 terawatt hours in 2019. Consumption by electronic devices is shown in black. It increases from about 6 terawatt hours in 1990 to peak of about 17 terawatt hours in 2008 before falling to about 10 terawatt hours in 2019.