Information before then is listed in the following table: Year Simultaneous Maximum Load Met (MW) Date UK Scotland 2009 60,231 - 7 January 2010 2008 60,289 - January 2009 (no specific date) 2007 61,527 - 17 December 2007 2006 59,071 - 23 January 2007 2005 61,697 - 29 November 2005 2004 61,013 5,579 13 December 2004 2003 60,501 5,909 8 December 2003 2002 61,717 5,688 10 December 2002 2001 58,589 5,504 January 2001 (no specific date) 2000 58,452 5,861 December 1999 (no specific date) 1999 57,849 5,847 - Source: Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (Department for Energy and Climate Change).