Survey: More than 80 percent of Czechs want to keep saving energy this winter

Czechs are preparing to save energy during the coming winter as well. Four-fifths plan to heat their homes as they did last year, when 77 percent of consumers saved energy. More than 15 percent of those surveyed want to cut consumption even more than they did this year, while two percent want to turn up the heat. The main reason is customers’ concern about the unpredictable situation on the energy market. This is according to a survey by Ipsos for energy supplier epet.

Last year, high energy prices prompted most domestic consumers to significantly reduce their consumption. According to the survey, which involved 1050 respondents, nearly 77 percent of Czechs consciously saved energy. Most of them reduced their energy consumption by up to 20 percent last year, while almost a fifth of respondents cut it by more.

More than 80 percent of Czechs will stick to their plans to save energy this year and intend to heat their homes as economically as they did last year. „The situation on the energy market at the start of last year’s energy crisis prompted Czechs to save electricity and gas. This is a longer-term trend that reduces energy costs for households and businesses,“ said epet CEO Petr Švec, commenting on the results.