Electricity Demand in September 2003 (Bulletin)

(October 24, 2003)



[Demand Overview (Total Across the 10 Power Companies)]
› Total demand in September was up 0.6% to 76.0 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

Demand excluding Extra High Voltage Demand
›Commercial and lighting demand posted increases of 1.4% and 0.9% respectively. The relatively small increase in lighting demand resulted from a shorter meter-reading period, which overcame increased demand for cooling caused by lower temperatures from late August to mid-September.


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


This
month
Results for past 3 months
(September) August July June
VolumeDemand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand
Lighting22,79522,68819,09917,040
Power34,62933,64831,26328,710
Lighting and Power Total57,42456,33650,36245,750
Extra High Voltage Demand18,60218,23918,56018,472
Total of Electricity Sales76,02674,57568,92264,222
(Large industry)(22,724)(21,902)(22,646)(22,338)
Change
on
last
year
Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand
Lighting100.983.6100.899.2
Power100.689.897.2100.2
Lighting and Power Total100.887.298.599.8
Extra High Voltage Demand100.197.295.0100.5
Total of Electricity Sales100.689.497.6100.0
(Large industry)(100.8)(97.4)(95.7)(100.8)

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 September was up for the first time in three months, increasing by 0.8%.

The increase was attributable to an upswing in the chemical and machinery sectors after an interval of three months.


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

This month@(September)Past three months
Power VolumeChange on last yearAugustJulyJune
Textiles26894.190.887.491.3
Paper & Pulp85697.296.996.697.9
Chemicals2,189100.697.696.7101.0
Ceramics90799.898.898.698.4
Steel2,82098.1101.4101.6103.3
Non-ferrous1,111100.096.097.596.8
Machinery6,195104.198.295.0102.5



(Reference)
Increase in Demand from Large Industry across the 10 Companies
(Unit: %)

MonthAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMar
FY1994-2.0-1.10.75.87.75.75.45.45.94.36.05.9
FY19955.14.20.7-1.01.6-2.1-0.3-0.90.51.63.6-1.1
FY19960.11.72.03.8-0.32.43.13.42.54.3-0.33.1
FY19973.95.14.43.53.54.72.40.70.1-0.0-1.7-3.0
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
FY1999-3.8-3.6-0.6-1.52.62.81.03.33.62.66.44.9
FY20003.54.74.25.25.01.52.62.82.63.8-1.7-0.3
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
FY2002-1.8-0.4-1.40.42.22.92.43.14.05.23.24.2
FY20032.71.80.8-4.3-2.60.8



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


(10 companies in the past 3 months)

HokkaidoTohokuTokyoChubuHokurikuKansaiChugokuShikokuKyushu9 companiesOkinawa10 companies AugustJulyJune
Results
(A)
Lighting8261,6887,3732,8975504,3461,4888312,48922,48830722,795 22,68819,09917,040
Power1,2162,99311,0095,3301,1365,6582,1711,1963,47634,18544434,629 33,64831,26328,710
(Commercial Power)6101,2365,8491,9373902,7469795211,69615,96426316,227 15,73814,28813,026
(Small industry)3771,0092,9111,9003891,9847124041,24210,92811111,039 10,7359,5108,449
Lighting and Power Total2,0424,68118,3828,2271,68610,0043,6592,0275,96556,67375157,424 56,33650,36245,750
Extra High Voltage Demand3371,4256,4383,0465123,5541,4513841,44218,5891318,602 18,23918,56018,472
Total of Electricity Sales2,3796,10624,82011,2732,19813,5585,1102,4117,40775,26276476,026 74,57568,92264,222
(Large industry)4702,0187,2424,2348103,7231,8015881,75822,6448022,724 21,90222,64622,338
Change on
Previous year
(A)/(B)
Lighting100.896.197.999.599.7105.3101.3106.0106.1100.9104.6100.9 83.6100.899.2
Power102.398.299.0100.4102.3103.199.5104.8102.4100.6104.7100.6 89.897.2100.2
(Commercial Power)102.799.199.3101.4104.4104.0100.4107.7103.9101.4105.3101.4 90.397.5101.8
(Small industry)101.895.597.798.4101.6103.398.5103.2102.599.7102.799.7 85.698.098.0
Lighting and Power Total101.797.498.6100.1101.5104.0100.2105.3103.9100.7104.6100.8 87.298.599.8
Extra High Voltage Demand102.6102.697.9101.499.7100.698.7100.1104.6100.1148.9100.1 97.295.0100.5
Total of Electricity Sales101.898.698.4100.4101.0103.199.8104.5104.1100.5105.2100.6 89.497.6100.0
(Large industry)99.1102.7100.2101.8100.299.199.3101.0104.0100.8112.1100.8 97.495.7100.8
Last year's
results
(B)
Lighting8191,7577,5282,9115524,1281,4697832,34522,29329422,586 27,13318,94317,180
Power1,1903,04711,1235,3101,1105,4872,1811,1413,39533,98442434,408 37,47132,17928,666
(Commercial Power)5941,2485,8911,9113742,6419754841,63315,74925015,999 17,43114,65012,794
(Small industry)3701,0562,9791,9323821,9217223921,21210,96610811,074 12,5429,7048,622
Lighting and Power Total2,0094,80418,6518,2211,6629,6153,6501,9245,74056,27771856,994 64,60451,12245,846
Extra High Voltage Demand3281,3896,5733,0055133,5341,4703841,37818,574918,583 18,76919,52818,374
Total of Electricity Sales2,3376,19325,22411,2262,17513,1495,1202,3087,11874,85172775,577 83,37370,65064,220
(Large industry)4741,9657,2254,1618083,7561,8135821,69022,4747122,545 22,47623,65722,151

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.