Irish natural gas demand elasticity: Ireland’s residential gas demand stays inelastic in the short run

Average Irish retail gas prices and Dutch TTF day-ahead wholesale gas prices from 2018 to 2024, showing sharp volatility during the 2022 energy crisis.

Irish natural gas demand elasticity remains relatively low in the short run, with the paper finding that a 1% increase in residential gas prices reduces demand by roughly 0.19% to 0.33%. Using population-level Irish billing data from 2018 to 2023, the study shows households had limited ability to cut gas use despite the energy price shock, with larger homes generally […]

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