“Energy Consumption Continues to Decrease in Czech Republic”

According to the data of the office, the decrease in gas consumption is noticeable in every calendar month so far. The most significant difference was in January, when the Czechs reduced the use of gas by almost a fifth compared to the beginning of last year. In addition to the slightly warmer weather, the fact that consumption began to decline significantly last year only after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February had an impact.

This year, however, the reduction in consumption continues in the following months as well. For example, in March, when the average temperature was 1.3 degrees higher than last year, the year-on-year decrease is 15.5 percent. After adjusting for the effects of weather and the Počerady steam-gas power plant, the savings are 8.3 percent, according to data from the office.

Czechs continue to save even with electricity. ERO has available data for the first two months of this year, in both of which consumption also decreased year-on-year. By the end of February, over 10.74 TWh of electricity had been consumed, which is about five percent less year-on-year on average.

This year’s reduction in energy consumption in the Czech Republic is even more noticeable compared to the long-term average from 2017 to 2021. Data from the Amper Meteo server showed that electricity consumption from this year’s March, adjusted for the effect of weather, is almost seven percent lower than the long-term average, and for gas lower by 17.4 percent.

This continues the trend from last year, when mainly as a result of rising energy prices, Czechs limited the use of basic energies. Electricity consumption in the Czech Republic fell by almost four percent year-on-year to 73.66 TWh last year. Last year’s gas consumption in the Czech Republic was the lowest in the last eight years. In total, Czechs consumed 7.544 billion cubic meters of it, which was a fifth less year-on-year, ERO announced earlier.