Electricity Demand in March 2002 (Bulletin)
(April 19, 2002)
[Demand Overview (Total Across the 10 Power Companies)]
Total demand in March was down for the seventh consecutive months, falling
by 4.3% on last year to 65.4 billion kWh across the 10 companies.
Demand excluding Extra High Voltage Demand
Commercial and lighting demand both posted declines of 2.3% and 3.7% respectively.
The declines were due to decreased demand for heating, caused by higher
temperatures in February and March.
Bulletin of Total Demand across the 10 Companies
(Unit: Million kWh, %)
This month (March) |
Results for past 3 months | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
February | January | December | ||||
Volume | Demand excluding Extra High Voltage Demand |
Lighting | 20,739 | 23,774 | 27,455 | 21,664 |
Power | 27,392 | 29,759 | 29,366 | 27,989 | ||
Lighting and Power Total | 48,131 | 53,533 | 56,821 | 49,653 | ||
Extra High Voltage Demand | 17,268 | 16,072 | 16,428 | 17,041 | ||
Total of Electricity Sales | 65,399 | 69,605 | 73,249 | 66,694 | ||
(Large industry) | (21,029) | (19,774) | (19,838) | (20,751) | ||
Change on last year |
Demand excluding Extra High Voltage Demand |
Lighting | 96.3 | 98.1 | 102.0 | 104.7 |
Power | 95.4 | 95.6 | 98.5 | 99.0 | ||
Lighting and Power Total | 95.8 | 96.7 | 100.2 | 101.4 | ||
Extra High Voltage Demand | 95.6 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 94.5 | ||
Total of Electricity Sales | 95.7 | 96.3 | 98.7 | 99.6 | ||
(Large industry) | (95.1) | (94.8) | (93.7) | (94.0) |
Note: Parentheses represent proportion of total.
(Reference) Large Industrial Demand
Large industrial user demand in March was down for the fourteenth consecutive
month, falling by 4.9%. The decline resulted from poor performance in all
sectors, with particularly poor results noted in the chemical sector.
(Reference)
10 Company's Total Demand of Large Industry Customers by Sector (Bulletin)
(Unit: Million kWh, %)
This month@(March) | Past three months | ||||
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Power Volume | Change on last year | February | January | December | |
Textiles | 285 | 89.4 | 92.1 | 92.9 | 93.9 |
Paper & Pulp | 821 | 95.0 | 93.7 | 92.3 | 94.6 |
Chemicals | 1,913 | 90.9 | 91.1 | 90.7 | 92.9 |
Ceramics | 948 | 94.0 | 93.1 | 90.7 | 92.6 |
Steel | 2,830 | 94.2 | 92.5 | 88.9 | 89.6 |
Non-ferrous | 1,116 | 93.3 | 90.4 | 87.9 | 88.2 |
Machinery | 5,478 | 93.8 | 93.3 | 92.4 | 90.5 |
(Reference)
Increase in Demand from Large Industry across the 10 Companies
(Unit: %)
Month | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FY1992 | -3.0 | -3.6 | -2.9 | -2.8 | -2.0 | -0.5 | -2.3 | -1.5 | -1.2 | -1.5 | -2.6 | 1.8 |
FY1993 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -3.3 | -3.3 | -3.3 | -3.5 | -2.4 | -2.6 | -2.3 | -1.9 | -2.3 |
FY1994 | -2.0 | -1.1 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 5.9 |
FY1995 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -1.0 | 1.6 | -2.1 | -0.3 | -0.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.6 | -1.1 |
FY1996 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 3.8 | -0.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 4.3 | -0.3 | 3.1 |
FY1997 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -1.7 | -3.0 |
FY1998 | -1.9 | -3.2 | -3.6 | -4.1 | -4.2 | -3.1 | -2.9 | -4.5 | -3.9 | -5.3 | -2.8 | -2.1 |
FY1999 | -3.8 | -3.6 | -0.6 | -1.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
FY2000 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | -1.7 | -0.3 |
FY2001 | -0.4 | -1.0 | -2.3 | -1.2 | -4.5 | -6.0 | -4.7 | -5.5 | -6.0 | -6.3 | -5.2 | -4.9 |
Demand for March 2002 (Bulletin)
(Unit: Million kWh, %)
(10 companies in the past 3 months) | |||||||||||||||||
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Hokkaido | Tohoku | Tokyo | Chubu | Hokuriku | Kansai | Chugoku | Shikoku | Kyushu | 9 companies | Okinawa | 10 companies | February | January | December | |||
Results (A) |
Lighting | 929 | 1,996 | 6,915 | 2,600 | 554 | 3,538 | 1,332 | 710 | 1,985 | 20,559 | 180 | 20,739 | 23,774 | 27,455 | 21,664 | |
Power | 1,166 | 2,755 | 8,635 | 4,344 | 1,007 | 4,119 | 1,700 | 965 | 2,454 | 27,145 | 247 | 27,392 | 29,759 | 29,366 | 27,989 | ||
(Commercial Power) | 549 | 1,101 | 4,296 | 1,419 | 334 | 1,904 | 689 | 385 | 1,112 | 11,789 | 142 | 11,931 | 13,280 | 13,062 | 12,236 | ||
(Small industry) | 307 | 901 | 2,306 | 1,472 | 328 | 1,329 | 522 | 297 | 813 | 8,275 | 49 | 8,324 | 9,304 | 9,111 | 8,651 | ||
Lighting and Power Total | 2,095 | 4,751 | 15,550 | 6,944 | 1,561 | 7,657 | 3,032 | 1,675 | 4,439 | 47,704 | 427 | 48,131 | 53,533 | 56,821 | 49,653 | ||
Extra High Voltage Demand | 313 | 1,341 | 6,058 | 2,833 | 482 | 3,239 | 1,243 | 395 | 1,354 | 17,258 | 10 | 17,268 | 16,072 | 16,428 | 17,041 | ||
Total of Electricity Sales | 2,408 | 6,092 | 21,608 | 9,777 | 2,043 | 10,896 | 4,275 | 2,070 | 5,793 | 64,962 | 437 | 65,399 | 69,605 | 73,249 | 66,694 | ||
(Large industry) | 445 | 1,889 | 6,649 | 3,907 | 768 | 3,483 | 1,586 | 582 | 1,658 | 20,967 | 62 | 21,029 | 19,774 | 19,838 | 20,751 | ||
Change on Previous year (A)/(B) |
Lighting | 97.8 | 99.8 | 94.6 | 96.4 | 97.2 | 96.3 | 94.9 | 98.8 | 97.2 | 96.2 | 97.7 | 96.3 | 98.1 | 102.0 | 104.7 | |
Power | 93.7 | 94.4 | 95.3 | 95.7 | 93.6 | 95.5 | 95.8 | 96.3 | 96.8 | 95.4 | 100.3 | 95.4 | 95.6 | 98.5 | 99.0 | ||
(Commercial Power) | 98.5 | 96.9 | 97.1 | 98.2 | 96.4 | 97.8 | 99.1 | 97.6 | 99.2 | 97.7 | 100.1 | 97.7 | 97.6 | 101.1 | 101.9 | ||
(Small industry) | 97.3 | 95.2 | 92.2 | 94.4 | 91.5 | 93.5 | 94.2 | 94.7 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 98.3 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 97.2 | 98.2 | ||
Lighting and Power Total | 95.5 | 96.6 | 95.0 | 96.0 | 94.8 | 95.8 | 95.4 | 97.3 | 96.9 | 95.7 | 99.2 | 95.8 | 96.7 | 100.2 | 101.4 | ||
Extra High Voltage Demand | 89.4 | 94.6 | 95.4 | 96.4 | 92.7 | 95.7 | 95.6 | 98.2 | 97.8 | 95.6 | 121.0 | 95.6 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 94.5 | ||
Total of Electricity Sales | 94.6 | 96.2 | 95.1 | 96.1 | 94.3 | 95.8 | 95.4 | 97.5 | 97.1 | 95.7 | 99.6 | 95.7 | 96.3 | 98.7 | 99.6 | ||
(Large industry) | 90.9 | 93.8 | 95.0 | 96.0 | 93.2 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 97.1 | 96.9 | 95.1 | 105.0 | 95.1 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 94.0 | ||
Last year's results (B) |
Lighting | 950 | 2,000 | 7,306 | 2,695 | 570 | 3,675 | 1,403 | 718 | 2,043 | 21,361 | 184 | 21,546 | 24,244 | 26,916 | 20,699 | |
Power | 1,245 | 2,918 | 9,059 | 4,541 | 1,076 | 4,314 | 1,774 | 1,002 | 2,536 | 28,464 | 247 | 28,710 | 31,113 | 29,800 | 28,258 | ||
(Commercial Power) | 556 | 1,136 | 4,425 | 1,445 | 346 | 1,947 | 694 | 394 | 1,121 | 12,065 | 141 | 12,206 | 13,605 | 12,922 | 12,012 | ||
(Small industry) | 315 | 947 | 2,502 | 1,560 | 358 | 1,421 | 555 | 313 | 849 | 8,821 | 50 | 8,871 | 9,903 | 9,374 | 8,813 | ||
Lighting and Power Total | 2,195 | 4,918 | 16,365 | 7,236 | 1,646 | 7,989 | 3,177 | 1,720 | 4,579 | 49,825 | 431 | 50,256 | 55,357 | 56,716 | 48,957 | ||
Extra High Voltage Demand | 348 | 1,418 | 6,349 | 2,939 | 520 | 3,386 | 1,301 | 402 | 1,385 | 18,048 | 8 | 18,056 | 16,893 | 17,504 | 18,035 | ||
Total of Electricity Sales | 2,543 | 6,336 | 22,714 | 10,175 | 2,166 | 11,375 | 4,478 | 2,122 | 5,964 | 67,873 | 439 | 68,312 | 72,250 | 74,220 | 66,992 | ||
(Large industry) | 489 | 2,014 | 7,003 | 4,069 | 824 | 3,666 | 1,670 | 600 | 1,710 | 22,046 | 59 | 22,104 | 20,860 | 21,164 | 22,065 |
Note: As this is a bulletin, some figures are estimates. Parentheses indicate
proportion of total.