How do different energy suppliers work?

Question

In the UK specifically, how does energy supply get divided up? Do the suppliers each have different pipes or cables?

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Answer 1

I’m going to assume you mean different electric companies. The short answer is no, you can’t know from which power plant your electricity comes. It comes from all of them. The electricity produced by a coal plant is identical to that produced by a nuclear plant or a solar array.