Electricity Demand in August 2003 (Bulletin)

(September 19, 2003)



[Demand Overview (Total Across the 10 Power Companies)]
› Total demand in August was down 10.5% to 74.6 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

Demand excluding Extra High Voltage Demand
› Commercial and lighting demand both posted drastic declines of 9.7% and 16.4% respectively due to decreased demand for cooling caused by lower temperatures from July to mid-August.


Bulletin of Total Demand across the 10 Companies
(Unit: Million kWh, %)


This
month
Results for past 3 months
(August) July June May
Volume Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand
Lighting 22,689 19,099 17,040 19,708
Power 33,648 31,263 28,710 26,779
Lighting and Power Total 56,337 50,362 45,750 46,487
Extra High Voltage Demand 18,240 18,560 18,472 17,967
Total of Electricity Sales 74,578 68,922 64,222 64,454
(Large industry) (21,901) (22,646) (22,338) (21,562)
Change
on
last
year
Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand
Lighting 83.6 100.8 99.2 101.0
Power 89.8 97.2 100.2 102.3
Lighting and Power Total 87.2 98.5 99.8 101.7
Extra High Voltage Demand 97.2 95.0 100.5 101.5
Total of Electricity Sales 89.5 97.6 100.0 101.7
(Large industry) (97.4) (95.7) (100.8) (101.8)

Note:
1. Parentheses indicate itemized breakdown of included subtotals.
2. Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.


(Reference) Large Industrial Demand
Large industrial user demand in August was down for the second consecutive month, declining by 2.6%.

The decline resulted from poor performance in all sectors except the steel sector.


(Reference)
10 Company's Total Demand of Large Industry Customers by Sector (Bulletin)
(Unit: Million kWh, %)

This month@(August) Past three months
Power Volume Change on last year July June May
Textiles 250 91.0 87.4 91.3 91.3
Paper & Pulp 825 97.0 96.6 97.9 99.3
Chemicals 2,099 97.7 96.7 101.0 103.8
Ceramics 835 98.7 98.6 98.4 98.8
Steel 2,810 101.7 101.6 103.3 106.2
Non-ferrous 1,034 95.9 97.5 96.8 98.5
Machinery 5,714 98.0 95.0 102.5 102.2



(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
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
FY2002 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0.4 2.2 2.9 2.4 3.1 4.0 5.2 3.2 4.2
FY2003 2.7 1.8 0.8 -4.3 -2.6



Demand for August 2003 (Bulletin)
(Unit: Million kWh, %)


(10 companies in the past 3 months)

Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9 companies Okinawa 10 companies July June May
Results
(A)
Lighting 851 1,761 7,485 2,816 569 4,062 1,447 828 2,541 22,360 329 22,689 19,099 17,040 19,708
Power 1,189 3,008 10,576 5,053 1,164 5,418 2,057 1,247 3,461 33,173 475 33,648 31,263 28,710 26,779
(Commercial Power) 584 1,240 5,576 1,850 441 2,630 902 577 1,656 15,456 282 15,738 14,288 13,026 11,845
(Small industry) 373 1,001 2,806 1,806 382 1,881 695 401 1,269 10,614 120 10,734 9,510 8,449 7,966
Lighting and Power Total 2,040 4,769 18,061 7,869 1,733 9,480 3,504 2,075 6,002 55,533 804 56,337 50,362 45,750 46,487
Extra High Voltage Demand 334 1,398 6,314 2,783 492 3,559 1,506 374 1,470 18,230 10 18,240 18,560 18,472 17,967
Total of Electricity Sales 2,374 6,167 24,376 10,652 2,225 13,039 5,010 2,449 7,472 73,764 814 74,578 68,922 64,222 64,454
(Large industry) 463 1,959 6,969 3,846 776 3,641 1,836 568 1,765 21,823 78 21,901 22,646 22,338 21,562
Change on
Previous year
(A)/(B)
Lighting 99.6 91.4 78.9 82.6 86.3 78.2 84.9 88.4 95.3 83.3 114.9 83.6 100.8 99.2 101.0
Power 96.8 91.6 85.9 88.8 94.2 89.1 89.5 96.9 95.6 89.6 107.8 89.8 97.2 100.2 102.3
(Commercial Power) 96.0 91.5 86.2 89.6 96.1 90.4 89.3 99.7 96.7 90.0 107.6 90.3 97.5 101.8 104.2
(Small industry) 96.0 87.4 80.4 83.6 89.9 84.4 85.9 91.8 94.2 85.4 110.5 85.6 98.0 98.0 101.4
Lighting and Power Total 98.0 91.5 82.9 86.5 91.5 84.1 87.5 93.3 95.5 86.9 110.6 87.2 98.5 99.8 101.7
Extra High Voltage Demand 104.0 100.8 93.8 97.4 99.1 97.8 99.8 99.1 102.0 97.2 101.9 97.2 95.0 100.5 101.5
Total of Electricity Sales 98.8 93.5 85.4 89.1 93.0 87.4 90.9 94.2 96.7 89.3 110.5 89.5 97.6 100.0 101.7
(Large industry) 99.9 100.2 96.0 96.8 98.0 96.2 99.3 98.9 100.8 97.4 103.5 97.4 95.7 100.8 101.8
Last year's
results
(B)
Lighting 855 1,928 9,492 3,410 659 5,195 1,705 936 2,667 26,847 286 27,133 18,943 17,180 19,518
Power 1,227 3,284 12,308 5,687 1,236 6,082 2,298 1,287 3,620 37,030 441 37,471 32,179 28,666 26,170
(Commercial Power) 608 1,355 6,468 2,066 459 2,910 1,010 579 1,713 17,169 262 17,431 14,650 12,794 11,369
(Small industry) 389 1,146 3,490 2,161 425 2,228 810 437 1,347 12,433 109 12,542 9,704 8,622 7,855
Lighting and Power Total 2,082 5,212 21,800 9,097 1,895 11,277 4,003 2,223 6,287 63,877 727 64,604 51,122 45,846 45,688
Extra High Voltage Demand 321 1,386 6,734 2,857 496 3,638 1,508 378 1,441 18,759 10 18,769 19,528 18,374 17,694
Total of Electricity Sales 2,403 6,598 28,534 11,954 2,391 14,915 5,511 2,601 7,728 82,636 737 83,373 70,650 64,220 63,382
(Large industry) 463 1,955 7,257 3,973 793 3,785 1,849 574 1,751 22,401 75 22,476 23,657 22,151 21,177

Note:
1. As this is a bulletin, some figures are estimates.
2. Parentheses indicate itemized breakdown of included subtotals.
3. Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.