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Networked Gas Daily Consumption December 2022

Gas consumption by power plants increased by 21% in December 2022

Online ISSN: 2811-6240

CSO statistical publication, 30 March 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Total metered gas consumption in December 2022 was 5,630 gigawatt hours (GWh) which was 13% higher than December 2021 (see Tables 1A and 1B).
Metered gas consumption by power plants was 3,245 GWh in December 2022 which was 21% higher than December 2021 (see Tables 2A and 2B).
January 2021 at 5,881 GWh was the month with the highest consumption of networked gas during 2021 and 2022 (see Tables 1A and 1B).
The date with the highest daily total networked gas consumption figure in 2021 and 2022 was 15 December 2022 at 259 GWh (see Tables 1A and 1B).
The 15 December 2022 date was also the highest figure for natural gas consumption by power plants during 2021 and 2022 at 160 GWh (see Tables 2A and 2B).
In 2021 and 2022, the period with the highest consumption of natural gas by non-daily metered customers was 08-13 February 2021. On 11 February 2021 gas consumption was 84 GWh followed by 81 GWh on 09 February 2021 (see Tables 3A and 3B). This coincided with a cold spell over the same period (see Table 7B).
Mid-February 2021 was also a period with high mean wind speeds. The 13 February 2021 (20.5 knots) and 07 February 2021 (20.1 knots) dates were the third and fourth highest days for mean wind speed at Dublin airport in 2021 and 2022 (see Tables 8A and 8B).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (30 March 2023) released Networked Gas Daily Consumption December 2022.

Commenting on the release Dympna Corry, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division, said: "Metered gas consumption by power plants was 3,245 GWh in December 2022 which was 21% higher than the corresponding figure in December 2021 (see Tables 2A and 2B).

The 15 December 2022 (259 gigawatt hours), 09 December 2022 (255 GWh), and 12 December 2022 (248 GWh) dates were the three days with the highest consumption of networked gas during 2021 and 2022 (see Tables 1A and 1B). This coincided with a cold period where the maximum daily air temperatures at Dublin airport were 0.3 ^oC on 10 December 2022, 0.4 ^oC on 09 December 2022 and 0.7 ^oC on 12 December 2022 (see Tables 7A and 7B).

A cold spell in mid-February 2021 resulted in higher levels of gas consumption by non-daily metered customers (residential and small businesses). There were 84 GWh used on the 11 February 2021 and 81 GWh on the 09 February 2021. The next two highest daily gas consumption figures for non-daily metered customers were 80 GWh on 08 January 2021 and 79 GWh on 07 January 2021 (see Tables 3B and 7B). These were followed by 12 February 2021 (79 GWh), 10 February 2021 (78 GWh), and 08 February 2021 (77 GWh).

Average daily gas consumption in a month

The month with the highest average daily total gas consumption during 2021 and 2022 was January 2021 at 190 GWh. Looking at the average daily total networked gas consumption in a month in 2022, we can see it varied from a low of 131 GWh in October to a high of 182 GWh in December 2022 (see Tables 1A and 1B).

The highest average daily consumption for power plants in any month was 121 GWh in August 2022 while the lowest was 72 GWh in February 2022 (see Tables 2A and 2B).

The month with the highest average daily gas consumption for non-daily read meters was January 2021 at 63 GWh. The month with the lowest average daily consumption for non-daily read meters was August 2022 at 9 GWh reflecting a reduced need for heating in August (see Tables 3A and 3B).

Meteorological data

The release includes information on the maximum daily air temperature at Dublin airport and the daily mean wind speed at Dublin airport (see Tables 7A, 7B, 8A and 8B). These two indicators influence both the balance between electricity generated from natural gas and from wind turbines and the heating demand."

This is a new statistical release based on open data provided by Gas Networks Ireland and Met Éireann. The three data series used in this release are: daily networked gas consumption by customer type; maximum daily air temperature at Dublin airport; and mean daily wind speed at Dublin airport. The period covered is 2021 and 2022. The release provides indications of how natural gas volumes vary with the availability of wind-generated electricity and with heating of buildings during cold periods. The release will be published monthly. It may be possible to extend the daily networked gas consumption series back to 2018 which would facilitate a more detailed analysis of trends in daily gas consumption in comparison with meteorological data.

Tables and Graphs

Table 1A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by All Meters by Day 2022

Table 1B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by All Meters by Day 2021

Table 2A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Power Plants by Day 2022

Table 2B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Power Plants by Day 2021

Table 3A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Non-Daily Metered Customers by Day 2022

Table 3B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Non-Daily Metered Customers by Day 2021

Table 4A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Large Daily Metered Customers by Day 2022

Table 4B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Large Daily Metered Customers by Day 2021

Table 5A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Daily Metered Customers by Day 2022

Table 5B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Daily Metered Customers by Day 2021

Table 6A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Month, Customer Type and Year 2021-2022

Table 6B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Day of the Week, Customer Type and Year 2021-2022

Table 7A Met Eireann Maximum Daily Air Temperature at Dublin Airport 2022

Table 7B Met Eireann Maximum Daily Air Temperature at Dublin Airport 2021

Table 8A Met Eireann Mean Wind Speed at Dublin Airport 2022

Table 8B Met Eireann Mean Wind Speed at Dublin Airport 2021

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Table 1A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by All Meters by Day 2022
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	94	143	188	181	172	166	156	114	167	102	144	184	1,811
2	95	177	165	163	181	176	134	98	160	160	139	197	1,844
3	114	140	173	151	179	156	133	142	152	116	179	189	1,824
4	181	162	196	129	164	142	144	136	95	129	175	144	1,797
5	203	122	174	127	170	162	152	140	98	125	124	189	1,788
6	146	128	155	129	176	157	138	133	138	101	105	220	1,726
7	179	144	138	169	173	147	161	137	149	114	117	230	1,857
8	127	163	132	190	129	125	165	162	145	121	140	241	1,840
9	162	189	187	183	114	125	161	167	149	92	133	255	1,917
10	180	195	141	118	116	106	163	167	143	152	108	229	1,819
11	196	163	165	143	138	94	157	159	130	137	133	234	1,849
12	206	132	137	215	138	119	155	168	140	154	103	248	1,915
13	226	163	127	195	136	180	156	167	142	149	130	225	1,996
14	232	159	174	169	169	178	165	164	145	141	135	240	2,071
15	194	163	169	182	143	175	167	155	145	98	178	259	2,029
16	185	128	185	140	140	159	147	136	153	118	199	237	1,928
17	211	175	147	147	139	159	140	162	159	136	191	198	1,965
18	188	156	126	172	110	133	155	150	152	139	196	128	1,806
19	188	142	111	208	114	116	154	137	161	123	158	118	1,729
20	230	133	142	174	124	167	159	116	152	147	147	129	1,820
21	225	161	153	144	140	178	168	162	115	142	172	165	1,925
22	200	140	152	123	131	175	163	168	152	145	199	208	1,956
23	176	134	179	115	161	171	106	173	162	154	145	134	1,810
24	231	155	188	120	154	145	95	166	145	151	144	123	1,819
25	229	155	178	175	118	103	114	173	120	142	158	112	1,778
26	158	118	134	181	130	103	168	188	106	131	107	130	1,654
27	200	119	151	188	168	133	171	178	138	138	125	118	1,827
28	146	194	182	195	161	128	167	156	163	127	211	111	1,942
29	148		184	194	142	177	149	154	170	103	196	129	1,745
30	141		167	160	164	178	144	159	103	111	189	135	1,650
31	153		166		175		152	148		148		172	1,113

Month	5,545	4,255	4,966	4,882	4,568	4,434	4,657	4,737	4,249	4,047	4,582	5,630	56,552

Table 1B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by All Meters by Day 2021
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	178	181	183	169	160	143	145	127	145	118	161	161	1,872
2	183	170	206	177	140	147	139	140	148	122	165	210	1,947
3	185	179	214	185	107	131	125	147	148	116	159	194	1,890
4	209	187	212	139	130	134	121	136	119	153	173	144	1,859
5	215	191	215	145	167	141	143	117	112	135	171	176	1,928
6	241	186	195	181	163	145	141	108	134	139	120	169	1,923
7	240	146	195	187	148	118	143	97	124	121	146	159	1,824
8	248	187	195	168	113	123	147	103	130	114	143	167	1,840
9	220	200	163	186	108	123	144	138	136	141	172	176	1,908
10	174	214	146	177	123	110	125	137	140	138	185	187	1,856
11	155	190	150	172	120	131	126	127	136	155	130	145	1,737
12	196	173	172	196	144	131	141	106	132	162	128	128	1,809
13	188	163	143	192	134	124	145	119	135	159	166	216	1,884
14	203	137	131	183	135	143	139	142	146	149	146	167	1,822
15	160	140	188	165	137	124	147	112	152	165	186	179	1,855
16	134	139	183	153	131	143	146	127	129	115	151	196	1,745
17	170	150	171	121	144	142	140	141	144	118	156	180	1,778
18	194	147	175	150	143	150	138	164	137	114	150	176	1,837
19	166	147	189	170	134	140	143	159	127	111	163	173	1,821
20	192	119	171	170	109	129	142	141	144	135	137	195	1,783
21	201	137	171	156	118	123	138	141	134	149	152	177	1,797
22	213	144	184	150	130	145	140	143	119	155	214	142	1,879
23	197	146	157	138	127	151	135	147	126	106	209	145	1,785
24	197	159	161	125	122	131	130	156	129	104	190	125	1,728
25	207	191	155	129	149	131	125	159	129	125	191	112	1,803
26	198	187	153	142	149	130	140	161	116	111	151	140	1,779
27	183	188	126	145	138	122	135	160	119	138	176	154	1,784
28	156	178	115	156	150	139	114	147	141	165	179	158	1,799
29	162		124	163	141	131	134	135	136	161	185	110	1,583
30	150		164	167	137	146	117	140	117	135	157	136	1,566
31	164		176		133		135	148		111		98	965

Month	5,881	4,677	5,283	4,855	4,185	4,023	4,226	4,227	3,985	4,140	4,910	4,995	55,386

Table 2A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Power Plants by Day 2022
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	43	67	104	102	122	122	115	84	132	65	90	117	1,163
2	39	104	82	95	133	131	98	66	125	122	75	128	1,199
3	50	67	95	86	126	112	99	110	119	73	115	126	1,177
4	94	77	115	60	115	100	107	101	64	88	111	78	1,110
5	109	45	98	60	123	119	115	106	64	80	72	113	1,104
6	54	57	81	59	126	118	101	102	103	56	54	139	1,049
7	83	66	50	95	127	104	124	107	115	68	59	144	1,143
8	52	88	46	113	89	83	130	130	109	79	84	149	1,153
9	87	110	101	116	64	82	129	136	114	51	73	156	1,218
10	105	107	59	51	69	66	133	135	110	100	52	141	1,128
11	116	72	86	72	89	57	123	127	97	85	83	146	1,154
12	126	60	63	145	86	81	121	138	105	104	56	147	1,233
13	138	92	58	137	89	137	123	138	106	97	85	126	1,327
14	147	75	93	109	127	137	130	136	107	90	80	146	1,379
15	120	80	90	127	102	136	133	124	108	51	119	160	1,350
16	113	52	109	87	96	120	116	103	114	66	135	139	1,251
17	120	91	80	96	92	121	113	128	122	83	121	115	1,284
18	103	63	60	116	65	96	125	117	117	85	126	56	1,128
19	106	63	49	147	68	79	122	103	124	69	90	51	1,071
20	142	58	80	115	77	129	125	84	116	98	85	55	1,165
21	140	76	87	90	99	141	133	132	77	94	101	90	1,260
22	126	61	90	66	92	138	129	136	114	103	126	136	1,317
23	103	53	119	65	116	133	73	139	122	113	72	65	1,174
24	150	64	128	74	109	106	66	132	107	103	73	58	1,170
25	148	70	121	117	73	65	81	138	81	92	87	58	1,131
26	78	42	89	123	86	68	134	153	63	82	49	64	1,032
27	126	49	100	130	124	92	136	146	91	90	69	53	1,206
28	70	115	123	135	122	89	133	125	116	81	140	46	1,294
29	81		123	135	103	137	115	121	123	63	125	58	1,185
30	70		95	104	117	138	114	125	58	69	120	71	1,080
31	72		87		127		120	114		103		114	738

Month	3,112	2,024	2,763	3,027	3,154	3,235	3,616	3,737	3,127	2,604	2,729	3,245	36,372

Table 2B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Power Plants by Day 2021
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	99	92	104	102	99	101	107	94	106	68	90	77	1,139
2	98	86	120	113	83	104	101	107	107	76	92	121	1,209
3	100	97	126	123	43	88	89	112	107	71	84	112	1,152
4	111	107	121	81	60	90	87	102	83	99	97	62	1,098
5	117	107	123	74	94	101	106	82	78	80	98	96	1,156
6	140	105	117	98	93	107	100	71	99	84	59	81	1,153
7	133	58	120	104	80	80	104	61	89	75	83	70	1,059
8	140	82	115	90	58	81	108	70	93	70	80	70	1,057
9	121	88	81	108	54	81	104	100	100	101	114	86	1,138
10	83	103	68	102	62	69	90	101	103	96	118	93	1,090
11	63	73	65	96	64	91	92	90	102	105	66	71	980
12	113	62	86	116	85	93	104	68	96	110	65	63	1,059
13	111	62	62	119	79	90	109	82	95	105	110	133	1,157
14	126	56	56	115	79	104	103	107	106	95	95	84	1,126
15	73	62	111	98	83	87	112	79	113	109	125	103	1,155
16	61	63	116	84	84	104	112	88	89	66	83	118	1,068
17	93	71	110	60	88	103	110	102	106	75	87	103	1,106
18	109	63	108	87	87	109	109	123	101	65	86	105	1,151
19	90	66	122	104	79	100	111	121	93	63	101	103	1,153
20	107	47	108	104	46	92	110	102	105	82	79	115	1,099
21	111	70	112	93	53	83	107	105	96	86	85	96	1,098
22	118	68	113	89	74	104	109	110	82	92	131	64	1,153
23	107	68	84	78	70	108	104	111	89	51	124	82	1,076
24	105	83	91	72	65	88	100	119	93	55	103	65	1,039
25	105	113	84	77	91	85	97	124	97	74	100	57	1,103
26	108	108	72	88	98	89	107	126	83	58	61	87	1,086
27	103	119	57	85	86	85	102	124	78	85	89	92	1,105
28	79	113	55	90	96	100	79	112	95	112	96	93	1,120
29	83		64	95	97	93	98	102	85	103	100	48	968
30	65		106	99	97	106	79	102	70	82	80	77	963
31	81		118		87		101	106		55		45	592

Month	3,149	2,292	2,995	2,842	2,412	2,820	3,152	3,103	2,841	2,548	2,782	2,672	33,609

Table 3B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Non-Daily Metered Customers by Day 2021
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	62	62	51	36	31	13	11	10	14	24	45	58	416
2	65	55	56	34	28	14	11	11	15	23	45	61	417
3	65	53	58	32	35	13	10	12	15	24	47	56	420
4	74	52	60	31	39	14	10	11	12	28	49	56	436
5	72	57	61	41	40	13	12	12	9	29	45	55	447
6	74	54	50	52	37	12	13	12	9	30	37	63	444
7	79	62	47	50	35	12	12	12	8	21	40	66	444
8	80	77	51	46	26	15	12	10	8	19	38	70	452
9	74	81	51	46	26	13	12	13	9	17	33	64	438
10	67	78	47	44	31	12	10	10	9	20	41	66	434
11	66	84	53	46	26	12	11	11	9	25	38	49	431
12	58	79	54	48	28	11	11	12	12	26	38	43	420
13	52	73	52	40	26	9	10	12	13	28	33	58	405
14	53	54	49	36	27	12	10	11	12	28	29	57	380
15	61	50	48	37	26	11	10	11	13	29	37	50	383
16	51	49	39	39	20	12	9	13	13	24	41	51	360
17	56	51	37	32	26	12	7	13	12	20	44	53	362
18	60	55	39	35	25	13	7	14	11	24	38	49	370
19	52	52	38	37	23	12	8	12	10	21	38	48	351
20	59	45	35	35	31	11	8	13	13	27	35	57	369
21	64	42	33	32	34	13	8	11	14	35	43	58	385
22	68	49	44	29	27	13	8	11	11	35	56	56	405
23	66	49	42	29	29	14	8	11	12	32	58	42	391
24	67	47	42	23	27	13	8	11	11	27	58	43	376
25	76	49	41	23	27	17	7	11	9	28	63	40	391
26	63	49	49	26	23	15	9	10	10	28	62	36	380
27	54	42	40	29	23	11	10	11	16	28	61	44	370
28	49	39	34	35	25	12	11	9	21	28	58	45	367
29	52		31	34	16	10	11	9	25	33	59	42	323
30	60		28	36	13	11	12	13	22	29	51	38	313
31	59		28		15		10	14		34		34	195

Month	1,958	1,589	1,387	1,092	846	375	304	353	378	824	1,360	1,609	12,073

Networked Gas Daily Consumption December 2022