Impacts of COVID-19 on Energy Expenditures of Local Self-Government Units in Poland

Jacek Artur Strojny, Michał Stanisław Chwastek, Elżbieta Badach, Sławomir Jacek Lisek and Piotr Kacorzyk
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Jacek Artur Strojny: Department of Statistics and Social Policy, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Michał Stanisław Chwastek: Department of Statistics and Social Policy, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Elżbieta Badach: Department of Statistics and Social Policy, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Sławomir Jacek Lisek: Department of Statistics and Social Policy, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
Piotr Kacorzyk: Department of Agroecology and Crop Production, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-25

Abstract: Measures taken by the public administration to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to drastic consequences for the economy. The full identification of its effects is hindered due to the delay in publishing the results of public statistics. The use of financial reports prepared by self-government authorities of all municipalities in Poland made it possible to obtain preemptive information in relation to the public statistics regarding the impact of COVID-19-related limitations on the energy expenditures incurred by local government units (LGUs), as well as an assessment of to what extent the LGUs had rationalized the energy consumption. By contrast, data from reports of energy companies made it possible to determine the impact of restrictions arising from the pandemic on the amount of energy sold and revenues from sales made by these companies. The analyses use indexes of the dynamics of changes in energy prices as well as indexes of the dynamics of changes in energy expenditures incurred by LGUs. Additionally, distributions of these indexes for the populations of municipalities are analyzed. To assess the effect of economic activity on energy expenditures incurred by LGUs, classification trees are utilized. It is established that the total production and sales of energy in Poland, in volume, in each quarter of 2020 were lower than in the corresponding period of the preceding year. However, as a result of an increase in energy prices by approximately 25%, the sales of electric power generating companies, in amounts, were higher in 2020 than in 2019. The increase in energy prices was also a cause of slightly increased total expenditures for purchasing energy in LGUs in Poland, which increased by 2.15% in 2020 compared to 2019. However, a substantial diversity in expenditure indexes was observed. That concerned both total expenditures and expenditures within individual sections of the budgets of municipalities.

Keywords: COVID-19; self-government units; energy consumption; energy consumption; monitoring; energy consumption effectiveness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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