Firms and Households during the Pandemic: What Do We Learn from Their Electricity Consumption?

Olympia Bover (), Natalia Fabra, Sandra García-Uribe, Aitor Lacuesta and Roberto Ramos
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Sandra García-Uribe

The Energy Journal, 2023, vol. 44, issue 3, 267-288

Abstract: We analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on electricity consumption patterns. We highlight the importance of decomposing total electricity consumption into consumption by firms and by households to better understand the economic and social impacts of the crisis. While electricity demand by firms has fallen substantially, the demand by households has gone up. In particular, our focus is on Spain where, during the total lockdown, these effects reached −29% and +10% respectively, controlling for temperature and seasonality. While the electricity demand reductions during the second wave were milder, the demand by firms remained 5% below its normal levels. We also document a change in people's daily routines in response to the stringency of the lockdown measures, as reflected in their hourly electricity consumption patterns.

Keywords: Electricity demand; Economic Activity; COVID; Lockdowns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.5547/01956574.44.2.obov

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