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Networked Gas Consumption

2017

Residential Sector
% of row					Gigawatt hours
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total
2011	53	20	8	19	8,012
2012	42	26	8	25	7,713
2013	45	30	6	19	7,752
2014	49	24	7	21	6,867
2015	47	25	8	21	7,262
2016	43	28	6	23	7,175
2017	44	24	7	24	7,078

January-March accounted for 44% of residential gas consumption in 2017

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There is strong seasonal variation in networked gas consumption by households. The January to March quarter had by far the highest consumption varying from 53% of total residential usage in 2011 to 44% in 2017. In contrast July to September accounted for only 7% of total residential consumption in 2017 (see Headline Table and Table 2D). Consumption was less seasonal in other sectors with the third quarter of 2017 accounting for 28% of total usage by power plants and for 21% in the non-residential sector (see Tables 2B and 2C).

Power plants accounted for 63% of total networked gas consumption in 2017 compared with 24% by the non-residential sector and 13% by the residential sector (see Table 1 and Figure 1). This pattern was broadly similar in 2011 to 2016.

X-axis label	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec
2011	5.762	2.029	0.681	1.946
2012	4.363	2.556	0.596	2.537
2013	4.648	2.926	0.427	1.914
2014	4.455	1.962	0.416	1.804
2015	4.522	2.151	0.557	1.861
2016	3.989	2.416	0.415	2.002
2017	3.992	1.989	0.483	2.037

Table 3B shows residential consumption by county. Dublin postal districts accounted for 46% of total residential consumption in 2017, followed by Dublin County which accounted for a further 17% and Cork at 10%. Five counties (Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network.

Table 4B shows the corresponding table for individual Dublin postal districts. Dublin 15, at 334 Gigawatt hours, had the highest residential consumption in 2017 followed by Dublin 24 with 215 GWh.

Table 5C shows the median consumption figures for the residential sector at Dublin postal district level. Dublin 1 at 6,370 kilowatt hours, Dublin 2 at 5,938 kWh, and Dublin 8 at 7,454 kWh had the lowest median consumption figures in 2017. These areas were all well below the overall median consumption of 10,008 kWh for all households in the Dublin postal district areas. In contrast Dublin 14 had the highest median consumption at 12,336 kWh.

X-axis label	Median consumption
Roscommon	11.105
Dublin County	10.33
Kildare	10.169
Dublin Postal Districts	10.008
Meath	9.825
Offaly	9.607
Cavan	9.423
Laois	9.364
Carlow	9.286
Louth	9.079
Wicklow	9.069
Tipperary	8.981
Westmeath	8.806
Kilkenny	8.407
Clare	8.274
Limerick	8.15
Galway	8.117
Cork	7.734
Waterford	7.618
Monaghan	7.438
Mayo	6.548
Wexford	5.194

Table 5B and Figure 3 show the median residential consumption at county level. Wexford at 5,194 kWh in 2017 had the lowest level of consumption, however this figure is based on a very small number of meters. Mayo at 6,548 kWh was the next lowest. Roscommon at 11,105 kWh had the highest median consumption figure, although this figure is also based on a small number of meters. Table 5D shows the quarterly median consumption figures for 2017 at county level.

Tables 6A and 6B show the number of gas meters by county. Dublin postal district areas accounted for 43% of non-residential meters and for 44% of residential meters. The number of non-residential meters has increased by 8.9% from 26,482 in 2011 to 28,847 in 2017. The number of residential meters has increased by 5.6% from 632,978 in 2011 to 668,583 in 2017.

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Table 1 Networked Gas Consumption by Sector 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours					% of row
Year	Power Plants	Non-Residential	Residential	Total	Power Plants	Non-Residential	Residential
2011	33,960	11,376	8,012	53,348	64	21	15
2012	31,553	11,798	7,713	51,065	62	23	15
2013	29,264	11,970	7,752	48,986	60	24	16
2014	28,520	11,786	6,867	47,173	60	25	15
2015	27,830	12,421	7,262	47,513	59	26	15
2016	33,536	13,002	7,175	53,713	62	24	13
2017	34,574	13,134	7,078	54,786	63	24	13

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Table 2A Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2011	16,896	12,409	11,692	12,351	53,348		32	23	22	23
2012	14,997	12,662	10,487	12,919	51,065		29	25	21	25
2013	14,881	12,540	9,881	11,683	48,986		30	26	20	24
2014	13,591	11,807	10,659	11,115	47,173		29	25	23	24
2015	13,811	11,280	10,780	11,642	47,513		29	24	23	25
2016	14,299	13,601	12,096	13,717	53,713		27	25	23	26
2017	14,716	13,659	12,965	13,447	54,786		27	25	24	25

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Table 2B Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Power Plants Sector 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2011	9,153	8,086	8,742	7,978	33,960		27	24	26	23
2012	8,423	7,670	7,523	7,937	31,553		27	24	24	25
2013	7,688	7,089	7,183	7,304	29,264		26	24	25	25
2014	6,642	7,236	7,891	6,751	28,520		23	25	28	24
2015	6,584	6,435	7,716	7,094	27,830		24	23	28	25
2016	7,349	8,355	9,044	8,789	33,536		22	25	27	26
2017	7,715	8,757	9,754	8,348	34,574		22	25	28	24

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Table 2C Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2011	3,531	2,703	2,291	2,850	11,376		31	24	20	25
2012	3,358	3,019	2,376	3,046	11,798		28	26	20	26
2013	3,700	3,152	2,246	2,872	11,970		31	26	19	24
2014	3,607	2,951	2,318	2,911	11,786		31	25	20	25
2015	3,811	3,057	2,505	3,047	12,421		31	25	20	25
2016	3,859	3,258	2,593	3,291	13,002		30	25	20	25
2017	3,865	3,194	2,697	3,378	13,134		29	24	21	26

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Table 2D Networked Gas Consumption by Quarter for Residential Sector 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours						% of row
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Total		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2011	4,211	1,619	659	1,523	8,012		53	20	8	19
2012	3,216	1,973	588	1,936	7,713		42	26	8	25
2013	3,493	2,300	452	1,507	7,752		45	30	6	19
2014	3,342	1,621	450	1,453	6,867		49	24	7	21
2015	3,415	1,787	559	1,501	7,262		47	25	8	21
2016	3,092	1,988	459	1,636	7,175		43	28	6	23
2017	3,136	1,707	515	1,720	7,078		44	24	7	24

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Table 3A Networked Gas Consumption by County¹ for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Carlow	143	145	127	121	125	141	140
Cavan	409	389	430	507	520	626	687
Clare	116	108	112	97	105	117	119
Cork	2,741	3,026	2,991	2,941	3,034	3,154	3,082
Dublin County	614	650	618	573	593	591	600
Dublin Postal Districts	3,322	3,312	3,411	3,197	3,400	3,449	3,481
Galway	186	202	214	226	250	270	276
Kildare	617	646	679	697	764	776	777
Kilkenny	511	511	519	526	640	663	648
Laois	68	74	80	77	83	78	75
Limerick	812	784	767	754	754	799	796
Louth	524	537	490	502	448	474	546
Mayo	227	254	263	276	288	290	291
Meath	146	151	182	215	228	242	247
Monaghan	43	38	65	91	116	121	93
Offaly	42	52	47	52	67	83	92
Roscommon²	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tipperary	271	311	330	347	405	479	483
Waterford	326	344	342	289	293	344	376
Westmeath	101	117	146	144	146	141	134
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	9	55
Wicklow	157	147	158	155	162	156	135

Total	11,376	11,798	11,970	11,786	12,421	13,002	13,134
¹ Five counties (Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded
Due to rounding, a value of 0 in this table indicates consumption of less than 0.5 GWh

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Table 3B Networked Gas Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Carlow	70	74	69	63	66	69	69
Cavan	17	18	19	15	17	18	17
Clare	47	44	46	42	45	46	46
Cork	859	784	820	720	749	762	722
Dublin County	1,280	1,249	1,297	1,133	1,202	1,148	1,177
Dublin Postal Districts	3,710	3,620	3,591	3,173	3,360	3,328	3,248
Galway	68	64	67	57	63	63	62
Kildare	402	384	351	338	367	335	359
Kilkenny	74	72	72	64	69	69	68
Laois	88	81	82	72	78	75	79
Limerick	273	247	257	234	239	245	237
Louth	241	239	239	209	227	225	227
Mayo	3	4	5	4	6	6	7
Meath	293	286	285	253	266	270	255
Monaghan	10	11	15	11	12	11	10
Offaly	20	19	19	17	18	18	18
Roscommon²	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Tipperary	99	82	86	77	75	79	78
Waterford	178	164	158	143	145	148	149
Westmeath	38	36	36	32	35	34	35
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
Wicklow	241	232	237	208	223	225	215

Total	8,012	7,713	7,752	6,867	7,262	7,175	7,078
¹ Five counties (Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded
Due to rounding, a value of 0 in this table indicates consumption of less than 0.5 GWh

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Table 4A Networked Gas Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Dublin 1	204	184	207	191	221	220	217
Dublin 2	327	322	362	333	364	360	347
Dublin 3	70	59	58	55	61	64	63
Dublin 4	382	389	397	366	365	369	364
Dublin 5	52	56	53	52	56	50	46
Dublin 6	56	53	62	57	61	59	58
Dublin 6W	26	24	26	23	28	28	27
Dublin 7	155	152	157	139	147	152	145
Dublin 8	497	482	479	468	482	487	517
Dublin 9	138	142	148	128	145	144	141
Dublin 10	47	50	50	48	49	48	48
Dublin 11	108	109	101	88	97	97	101
Dublin 12	158	173	177	166	169	174	175
Dublin 13	22	22	27	26	31	32	31
Dublin 14	66	66	69	61	66	64	65
Dublin 15	235	242	234	226	234	248	238
Dublin 16	34	31	33	32	36	39	37
Dublin 17	54	55	57	54	60	60	59
Dublin 18	81	87	90	87	92	87	100
Dublin 20	24	33	28	26	27	27	30
Dublin 22	408	399	402	393	422	453	488
Dublin 24	179	183	195	177	185	186	184

Total	3,322	3,312	3,411	3,197	3,400	3,449	3,481

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Table 4B Networked Gas Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2017
Gigawatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Dublin 1	41	32	35	32	32	32	32
Dublin 2	30	25	33	29	30	29	34
Dublin 3	157	147	154	136	143	140	135
Dublin 4	197	193	201	176	184	186	179
Dublin 5	239	228	230	196	210	208	196
Dublin 6	178	160	175	159	169	172	161
Dublin 6W	110	119	86	101	110	105	104
Dublin 7	201	177	183	157	167	167	153
Dublin 8	136	139	119	121	124	123	123
Dublin 9	214	220	226	197	209	205	198
Dublin 10	77	78	70	63	64	57	63
Dublin 11	237	225	224	194	208	204	198
Dublin 12	233	243	210	179	213	203	202
Dublin 13	170	165	168	144	155	154	148
Dublin 14	228	230	228	202	213	212	207
Dublin 15	387	366	379	332	352	353	334
Dublin 16	207	208	209	183	193	182	197
Dublin 17	61	59	57	49	51	50	48
Dublin 18	166	162	172	151	158	158	151
Dublin 20	43	42	43	39	37	36	39
Dublin 22	147	150	144	129	118	132	130
Dublin 24	251	254	245	204	220	220	215

Total	3,710	3,620	3,591	3,173	3,360	3,328	3,248

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Table 5A Networked Gas Median Consumption by Quarter for Residential Sector 2011-2017
Median kilowatt hours
Year	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Annual
2011	5,762	2,029	681	1,946	11,462
2012	4,363	2,556	596	2,537	10,910
2013	4,648	2,926	427	1,914	10,899
2014	4,455	1,962	416	1,804	9,475
2015	4,522	2,151	557	1,861	9,922
2016	3,989	2,416	415	2,002	9,717
2017	3,992	1,989	483	2,037	9,432

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Table 5B Networked Gas Median Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2017
Median kilowatt hours
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Carlow	9,931	10,376	9,806	8,753	9,098	9,353	9,286
Cavan	11,017	11,492	12,089	9,831	10,252	10,282	9,423
Clare	9,090	8,638	8,848	8,111	8,540	8,394	8,274
Cork	9,904	8,826	9,129	7,931	8,205	8,343	7,734
Dublin County	12,257	11,865	12,228	10,453	10,929	10,222	10,330
Dublin Postal Districts	12,137	11,778	11,595	10,038	10,548	10,377	10,008
Galway	9,672	9,004	9,454	7,932	8,586	8,507	8,117
Kildare	12,585	11,899	10,727	10,162	10,829	9,673	10,169
Kilkenny	9,940	9,549	9,468	8,169	8,737	8,714	8,407
Laois	10,907	10,072	10,067	8,703	9,349	9,035	9,364
Limerick	9,835	8,942	9,281	8,290	8,403	8,587	8,150
Louth	10,408	10,209	10,102	8,718	9,390	9,157	9,079
Mayo	6,055	6,342	6,420	5,012	6,293	6,686	6,548
Meath	12,171	11,962	11,922	10,470	10,848	10,910	9,825
Monaghan	8,515	9,874	12,464	9,128	9,795	8,745	7,438
Offaly	10,863	10,338	10,514	8,994	9,864	9,565	9,607
Roscommon²	11,602	10,935	10,576	10,738	11,187	10,779	11,105
Tipperary	12,139	9,803	10,237	9,126	8,811	9,198	8,981
Waterford	9,726	8,798	8,394	7,490	7,547	7,685	7,618
Westmeath	10,350	9,623	9,679	8,383	8,897	8,783	8,806
Wexford³	–	–	–	–	–	4,315	5,194
Wicklow	11,003	10,488	10,597	9,088	9,652	9,585	9,069

State	11,462	10,910	10,899	9,475	9,922	9,717	9,432
¹ Five counties (Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
³ The figures for Wexford should be treated with caution as only a few households were connected during 2016
– No consumption recorded

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Table 5C Networked Gas Median Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2017
Median kilowatt hours
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Dublin 1	8,426	6,455	7,472	6,349	6,582	6,278	6,370
Dublin 2	6,836	5,689	7,328	6,351	6,521	6,244	5,983
Dublin 3	12,043	11,367	12,103	10,435	10,985	10,718	10,270
Dublin 4	11,389	11,026	11,571	9,920	10,332	10,351	9,980
Dublin 5	14,533	13,776	13,903	11,641	12,339	12,188	11,341
Dublin 6	13,199	11,791	12,421	11,227	11,923	11,999	11,182
Dublin 6W	13,545	14,382	10,448	11,964	12,785	12,284	11,902
Dublin 7	12,567	10,897	11,363	9,616	10,136	10,105	9,260
Dublin 8	8,554	8,550	7,471	7,316	7,540	7,476	7,454
Dublin 9	11,616	11,893	12,298	10,425	11,058	10,774	10,344
Dublin 10	11,857	11,764	10,864	9,679	9,749	8,718	9,451
Dublin 11	12,392	11,567	11,412	9,803	10,347	10,167	9,707
Dublin 12	12,205	12,568	10,928	9,005	10,830	10,337	10,127
Dublin 13	13,349	12,832	13,122	11,016	11,806	11,610	10,645
Dublin 14	14,474	14,567	14,398	12,326	13,079	12,822	12,336
Dublin 15	12,391	11,583	11,989	10,279	10,850	10,738	10,015
Dublin 16	13,537	13,388	13,362	11,549	11,926	10,789	11,736
Dublin 17	12,852	12,651	12,153	10,289	10,741	10,394	9,943
Dublin 18	11,212	10,954	11,425	9,917	10,316	10,224	9,550
Dublin 20	12,619	12,789	12,240	10,522	9,683	9,509	10,343
Dublin 22	10,871	11,062	10,719	9,501	8,635	9,762	9,369
Dublin 24	11,621	11,800	11,301	9,338	10,000	9,842	9,499

Dublin Postal Districts	12,137	11,778	11,595	10,038	10,548	10,377	10,008

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Table 5D Quarterly Networked Gas Median Consumption by County¹ for Residential Sector 2017
Median kilowatt hours
County	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Ratio Q1/Q3
Carlow	3,077	2,508	318	3,079	10
Cavan	3,389	2,070	727	2,697	5
Clare	3,050	1,774	249	2,681	12
Cork	3,572	1,616	346	1,436	10
Dublin County	4,441	2,377	560	2,104	8
Dublin Postal Districts	4,065	2,124	506	2,326	8
Galway	4,587	1,038	899	1,469	5
Kildare	5,292	1,945	604	1,618	9
Kilkenny	3,149	2,240	294	2,199	11
Laois	3,485	2,174	460	2,370	8
Limerick	3,635	1,558	300	1,728	12
Louth	3,292	1,981	436	2,625	8
Mayo	3,613	822	671	1,374	5
Meath	3,877	2,305	638	2,204	6
Monaghan	3,223	1,869	716	1,220	5
Offaly	5,348	1,417	899	1,708	6
Roscommon²	5,906	1,504	1,283	1,880	5
Tipperary	4,387	1,639	446	1,779	10
Waterford	3,267	1,505	294	1,789	11
Westmeath	4,890	1,255	820	1,569	6
Wexford³	0	0	0	4,763	–
Wicklow	4,069	1,703	559	1,815	7

State	3,992	1,989	483	2,037	8
¹ Five counties (Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are only located in the western part of Athlone
³ The figures for Wexford should be treated with caution as only a few households were connected in 2016
– No consumption recorded

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Table 5E Quarterly Networked Gas Median Consumption by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2017
Median kilowatt hours
Dublin Postal District	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Ratio Q1/Q3
Dublin 1	3,126	869	520	1,336	6
Dublin 2	3,180	879	526	1,089	6
Dublin 3	4,336	1,827	483	2,138	9
Dublin 4	3,413	2,488	396	3,349	9
Dublin 5	3,811	3,297	352	3,603	11
Dublin 6	5,037	2,246	572	2,087	9
Dublin 6W	7,523	1,769	713	1,652	11
Dublin 7	3,039	2,827	396	2,357	8
Dublin 8	4,009	1,275	614	1,127	7
Dublin 9	3,977	2,330	451	2,590	9
Dublin 10	4,571	1,661	692	1,646	7
Dublin 11	3,226	2,680	429	2,990	8
Dublin 12	5,838	1,637	647	1,473	9
Dublin 13	3,590	3,009	363	3,498	10
Dublin 14	4,213	3,355	352	4,234	12
Dublin 15	3,999	1,923	800	2,305	5
Dublin 16	4,464	3,008	341	3,556	13
Dublin 17	3,712	2,195	506	3,171	7
Dublin 18	3,391	2,818	849	1,893	4
Dublin 20	5,685	2,013	725	1,228	8
Dublin 22	4,790	1,653	592	1,535	8
Dublin 24	4,330	1,858	494	1,819	9

Dublin Postal Districts	4,065	2,124	506	2,326	8

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Table 6A Number of Meters by County¹ for Non-Residential Sector 2011-2017
Number of Meters
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Carlow	414	416	423	419	421	419	426
Cavan	94	96	98	104	111	114	121
Clare	231	245	257	275	286	291	310
Cork	3,303	3,357	3,393	3,434	3,473	3,497	3,550
Dublin County	2,423	2,479	2,526	2,553	2,570	2,607	2,632
Dublin Postal Districts	11,748	11,871	11,961	12,083	12,178	12,294	12,379
Galway	262	298	338	387	419	440	455
Kildare	1,240	1,260	1,282	1,323	1,362	1,371	1,329
Kilkenny	440	453	464	473	480	488	493
Laois	246	258	265	267	271	273	280
Limerick	1,386	1,406	1,415	1,418	1,430	1,449	1,483
Louth	1,201	1,225	1,224	1,253	1,274	1,287	1,306
Mayo	121	157	176	202	221	240	261
Meath	845	868	888	909	922	946	954
Monaghan	88	90	89	92	92	95	95
Offaly	109	122	123	127	133	137	141
Roscommon²	1	2	2	2	2	2	3
Tipperary	453	473	489	502	511	522	528
Waterford	877	908	918	929	936	949	947
Westmeath	154	173	182	193	211	219	223
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	5	14
Wicklow	846	859	877	882	891	906	917

Total	26,482	27,016	27,390	27,827	28,194	28,551	28,847
¹ Five counties (Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone

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Table 6B Number of Meters by County¹ for Residential Sector 2011-2017
Number of Meters
County	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Carlow	6,610	6,643	6,680	6,727	6,796	6,903	6,929
Cavan	1,397	1,440	1,448	1,478	1,494	1,520	1,531
Clare	4,540	4,598	4,635	4,690	4,727	4,797	4,897
Cork	79,501	80,179	80,848	81,480	81,995	82,855	83,651
Dublin County	91,488	92,251	93,146	94,286	95,567	96,822	98,251
Dublin Postal Districts	279,590	280,719	282,314	283,649	285,578	287,906	291,206
Galway	6,482	6,511	6,558	6,613	6,695	6,795	6,908
Kildare	29,834	30,063	30,507	30,873	31,423	31,954	32,782
Kilkenny	6,676	6,743	6,844	6,881	6,909	6,962	7,006
Laois	7,544	7,659	7,716	7,734	7,779	7,853	7,897
Limerick	24,988	25,070	25,218	25,370	25,508	25,827	26,305
Louth	21,206	21,436	21,824	22,023	22,271	22,561	22,885
Mayo	396	443	522	596	665	713	777
Meath	22,210	22,337	22,514	22,707	22,851	23,286	24,041
Monaghan	1,023	1,055	1,075	1,090	1,106	1,128	1,169
Offaly	1,786	1,792	1,794	1,808	1,822	1,822	1,827
Roscommon²	73	73	73	73	72	72	73
Tipperary	7,636	7,684	7,742	7,782	7,829	7,894	7,932
Waterford	16,759	16,873	17,035	17,147	17,192	17,416	17,519
Westmeath	3,531	3,548	3,575	3,616	3,644	3,691	3,727
Wexford	–	–	–	–	–	3	9
Wicklow	19,708	19,864	20,103	20,326	20,677	20,942	21,261

Total	632,978	636,981	642,171	646,949	652,600	659,722	668,583
¹ Five counties (Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and Sligo) are not connected to the gas network
² Meters in Roscommon are located only in the western part of Athlone
– No consumption recorded

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Table 6C Number of Meters by Dublin Postal District for Residential Sector 2011-2017
Number of Meters
Dublin Postal District	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Dublin 1	4,140	4,115	4,072	4,247	4,238	4,269	4,262
Dublin 2	3,646	3,635	3,642	3,576	3,652	3,662	3,741
Dublin 3	11,513	11,583	11,631	11,659	11,719	11,792	11,861
Dublin 4	12,980	13,025	13,080	13,122	13,194	13,286	13,342
Dublin 5	16,057	16,123	16,220	16,270	16,331	16,423	16,492
Dublin 6	10,684	10,737	10,797	10,897	10,992	11,047	11,109
Dublin 6W	7,505	7,580	7,643	7,714	7,794	7,866	7,967
Dublin 7	15,320	15,348	15,385	15,378	15,420	15,528	15,530
Dublin 8	14,334	14,328	14,422	14,414	14,389	14,480	14,544
Dublin 9	17,114	17,292	17,385	17,449	17,535	17,655	17,751
Dublin 10	6,403	6,393	6,403	6,394	6,393	6,393	6,499
Dublin 11	18,506	18,634	18,806	18,899	19,046	19,180	19,310
Dublin 12	18,544	18,583	18,630	18,710	18,777	18,839	19,064
Dublin 13	11,944	11,991	12,058	12,129	12,243	12,357	12,815
Dublin 14	14,242	14,348	14,445	14,544	14,637	14,807	14,968
Dublin 15	29,266	29,442	29,606	29,847	30,168	30,648	31,169
Dublin 16	14,599	14,731	14,890	14,978	15,315	15,478	15,706
Dublin 17	4,665	4,570	4,601	4,599	4,575	4,629	4,694
Dublin 18	11,498	11,542	11,639	11,746	11,846	11,993	12,286
Dublin 20	3,318	3,330	3,350	3,483	3,492	3,493	3,578
Dublin 22	12,717	12,749	12,835	12,839	12,841	12,873	13,027
Dublin 24	20,595	20,640	20,774	20,755	20,981	21,208	21,491

Total	279,590	280,719	282,314	283,649	285,578	287,906	291,206

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Table 7 Mean Seasonal¹Temperatures 2011-2017
Degrees Celsius
Year	Winter	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Annual
2011	3.45	9.67	13.38	11.43	9.96
2012	6.68	9.02	14.26	9.16	9.75
2013	5.24	7.19	15.59	10.66	9.75
2014	5.75	9.51	15.02	10.91	10.22
2015	5.03	8.38	13.73	10.69	9.66
2016	6.36	8.62	15.21	10.15	9.98
2017	6.43	9.96	14.66	10.42	10.27
¹ Meteorologists define Winter as December to February

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Networked Gas Consumption

Introduction

This release contains consumption data from Gas Networks Ireland on all connections to the mains gas network.

Consumption units

The data are gross calorific values expressed in kilowatt hours (kWh) or Gigawatt hours (GWh). A kilowatt hour is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt of power sustained over an hour. A Gigawatt hour is equivalent to one million kWh. Kilowatt hours are used for presenting median figures and gigawatt hours for presenting aggregates.

County

The CSO extracted the county and Dublin postal district from the postal address provided by Gas Networks Ireland. Additional work was required to identify a county for the largest non-residential customers as these were provided in a separate monthly file that did not contain the customer's address.

Coverage

The data cover all consumers connected to the natural gas network. This includes power plants, non-residential, and residential customers. Five counties (Donegal, Kerry, Leitrim, Longford, and Sligo) had no meter connections. The 2016 Census of Population showed that there were around two million households in Ireland of which 1.7 million were occupied. This release showed that there were around 669,000 residential gas meters in 2017. The release contains a map showing the location of the residential meters using the coordinates provided by Gas Networks Ireland (see Figure 4).

Data quality

The meter readings data were converted to monthly and quarterly consumption estimates by Gas Networks Ireland. Meter readings can be actual or estimated. In some cases an estimated reading that was too high resulted in a low or negative reading for a subsequent period, i.e. no attempt was made to adjust the earlier over or under estimate. The data file provided to the CSO did not provide information on whether the consumption in a period was based on an estimated reading. The results are broadly consistent with Gas Network Ireland reports and with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland energy balances.

Data source

The CSO received the administrative microdata from Gas Networks Ireland under Section 30 of the Statistics Act, 1993. The microdata contain quarterly consumption data for residential and smaller non-residential customers and monthly data for larger users. The CSO received data for 2011-2017 for all customers and for 2006 for residential and smaller non-residential customers.

Median

The median can be regarded as typical usage as it is not influenced by outliers in the same way that the mean or average is. The median for a year is calculated independently of the quarterly medians, e.g. in Table 5A.

Seasonal temperature

Mean seasonal temperature data (Table 7) were provided by Met Éireann. Meteorological seasons run as follows: Winter (December to February); Spring (March to May); Summer (June to August); Autumn (September to November).

Release frequency

This release is published on an annual basis.

Sector

The data have been classified into three sectors: power plants; non-residential; and residential. Gas Networks Ireland classified the data as residential or non-residential. The CSO classified a small number of customers as power plants.

There are around 29,000 non-residential customers. The CSO will try to add NACE codes to these records, as NACE would provide a more detailed analysis of the non-domestic customers.

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