Electricity Demand in March 2004 (Confirmed Report)

2004/4/28
FEPC

[Demand Overview (Total Across the 10 Power Companies)]

Total demand in March was up 0.7% on last year to 70.1 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

(Demand Excluding Extra High Voltage Demand)

Relatively warm weather from mid February to the end of March depressed demand for heating, resulting in a decline of 0.2% in lighting demand. Commercial demand, on the other hand, despite depressed demand for heating due to higher temperatures, was aided by the extra leap-year day in February and posted a rise of 2.4 %.

(Reference)

Large industrial user demand in March was up for the third consecutive month, increasing by 1.3%. The rise was due to firm performance in the machinery sector.

[State of Ten Japanese Power Companies]

By company Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9 Companies Okinawa 10 Companies
By use
Change on Previous Year
(%) 		Demand excluding Extra High Voltage Demand Lighting 4.1 4.7 -1.7 -1.1 6.9 -3.6 -1.6 0.3 3.5 -0.3 4.2 -0.2
Power 3.1 4.2 0.1 2.1 2.9 0.9 1.5 1.2 4.4 1.7 6.7 1.7
Lighting and Power Total 3.5 4.4 -0.7 0.9 4.4 -1.2 0.1 0.8 4.0 0.8 5.7 0.9
Extra High Voltage Demand -3.9 1.9 -1.3 3.7 5.3 0.5 -2.5 1.4 0.8 0.4 15.9 0.4
Total of Electricity Sales 2.5 3.9 -0.9 1.7 4.6 -0.7 -0.7 1.0 3.3 0.7 5.9 0.7
(Large Industry) -6.1 2.1 0.8 3.6 4.4 1.3 -1.8 1.4 0.9 1.3 11.6 1.3

[Electricity volume by use (total for 10 companies)]

By Use By Month Change on Previous Year (%)
FY2002 03/3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 04/1 2 3
Demand
excluding
Extra
High
Voltage
Demand		 Lighting Total 3.5 9.3 10.8 1.0 -0.8 0.8 -16.4 0.9 7.5 -8.0 -3.6 -3.2 1.3 -0.2
Commercial Power 2.1 6.8 7.0 4.2 1.8 -2.5 -9.7 1.4 2.8 -0.7 -2.0 0.0 2.0 2.4
Small Industry Low Voltage -1.5 6.8 6.7 -1.5 -9.0 -5.8 -24.1 -4.5 3.5 -12.5 -10.6 -6.1 -1.3 -4.3
High Voltage A 1.3 4.5 4.5 2.9 1.5 0.3 -6.1 2.8 2.9 0.2 0.1 0.9 2.1 4.1
Total 0.3 5.3 5.2 1.4 -2.0 -2.0 -14.4 -0.3 3.1 -3.9 -3.4 -2.0 0.9 1.1
High Voltage B 1.0 2.7 1.1 1.2 0.6 -5.1 -4.0 1.6 -1.0 -2.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.0 2.1
Power Total 1.1 5.4 5.1 2.3 0.2 -2.8 -10.2 0.6 2.0 -2.4 -2.6 -1.2 1.3 1.7
Lighting and Power Total 2.1 7.1 7.5 1.7 -0.2 -1.5 -12.8 0.8 4.1 -4.9 -3.0 -2.2 1.3 0.9
Extra High Voltage Demand 2.0 4.4 2.6 1.5 0.5 -5.0 -2.8 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 -0.9 -0.3 3.1 0.4
Total of Electricity Sales 2.1 6.4 6.2 1.7 0.0 -2.4 -10.6 0.6 2.5 -3.6 -2.5 -1.8 1.7 0.7

[State of the main sector in large industrial use (total for 10 companies)]

By Use By Month Change on Previous Year (%)
FY2002 03/3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 04/1 2 3
Textiles -8.3 -6.7 -9.0 -8.7 -8.7 -12.6 -9.2 -5.6 -6.8 -8.9 -7.5 -6.4 -4.8 -3.6
Paper & pulp 1.3 2.6 0.8 -0.7 -2.1 -3.4 -3.1 -2.7 -3.0 0.9 -2.8 -2.1 1.8 -4.6
Chemicals 4.8 14.4 8.4 3.8 1.0 -3.3 -2.4 0.6 0.4 3.7 -0.5 0.4 4.5 -2.8
Ceramics -1.3 0.4 1.5 -1.2 -1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -0.4 -1.2 -3.8 -3.2 -0.6 3.1 -0.9
Steel 5.0 9.0 8.5 6.2 3.3 1.6 1.4 -1.9 -2.3 -0.0 -1.6 -1.3 3.9 -0.2
Non-ferrous Metals 0.9 0.7 2.1 -1.5 -3.2 -2.5 -4.0 0.0 2.3 0.2 -2.0 0.3 3.5 1.6
Machinery 1.6 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.5 -5.0 -1.8 4.1 0.7 0.7 2.0 3.0 5.2 6.0
Large industry total 2.0 4.2 2.7 1.8 0.8 -4.3 -2.6 0.8 -0.6 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 3.2 1.3

[Results for power & lighting demand by use (March 2004)]

(1) Electricity Sales (Amount & Change on Previous Year)
By Companies Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9 Companies Okinawa 10 Companies
By Use
Volume
of
electricty
used
(1,000 kWh)		 Residential Lighting 679,187 1,638,228 5,695,157 1,954,084 423,991 2,866,828 1,061,946 594,696 1,616,059 16,530,176 174,020 16,704,196
Lighting Total 1,023,688 2,212,944 7,584,576 2,786,390 653,175 3,714,670 1,451,170 772,529 2,230,671 22,429,813 190,129 22,619,942
Commercial Power 599,593 1,219,527 4,700,385 1,537,708 364,163 2,056,007 746,602 430,760 1,238,461 12,893,206 152,627 13,045,833
Small Industry 322,691 975,067 2,436,574 1,564,283 359,738 1,402,654 557,568 308,876 882,114 8,809,565 53,417 8,862,982
(Low Voltage) 107,375 294,072 843,282 435,475 107,657 476,284 176,372 108,557 377,077 2,926,151 22,322 2,948,473
(High Voltage A) 215,316 680,995 1,593,292 1,128,808 252,081 926,370 381,196 200,319 505,037 5,883,414 31,095 5,914,509
High Voltage B 163,635 652,011 1,862,460 1,296,365 314,103 776,723 398,922 209,396 410,554 6,084,169 57,872 6,142,041
Power Total 1,287,482 3,005,791 9,233,954 4,633,875 1,091,439 4,362,602 1,799,472 1,033,350 2,659,824 29,107,789 268,650 29,376,439
Lighting and Power Total 2,311,170 5,218,735 16,818,530 7,420,265 1,744,614 8,077,272 3,250,642 1,805,879 4,890,495 51,537,602 458,779 51,996,381
Extra High Voltage 325,501 1,476,029 6,211,591 2,968,096 534,727 3,357,428 1,385,535 416,432 1,408,207 18,083,546 12,354 18,095,900
Total Electricity Sales 2,636,671 6,694,764 23,030,122 10,388,361 2,279,341 11,434,700 4,636,177 2,222,311 6,298,702 69,621,149 471,133 70,092,282
Change
on
Previous
Year
(%)		 Lighting 104.1 104.7 98.3 98.9 106.9 96.4 98.4 100.3 103.5 99.7 104.2 99.8
Power 103.1 104.2 100.1 102.1 102.9 100.9 101.5 101.2 104.4 101.7 106.7 101.7
(Commercial Power) 105.1 104.4 100.4 102.9 101.2 102.5 103.5 101.5 106.2 102.4 106.0 102.4
(Low Voltage Power) 102.6 103.4 92.9 93.9 103.8 91.9 92.4 96.0 101.1 95.6 100.6 95.7
(High Voltage A) 101.8 105.6 103.1 105.2 103.7 103.0 104.8 102.4 105.4 104.0 108.7 104.1
(Small Industry) 102.1 104.9 99.3 101.8 103.7 98.9 100.6 100.0 103.5 101.1 105.1 101.1
(High Voltage B) 96.8 102.3 100.9 103.8 103.2 101.8 101.5 103.1 102.7 102.0 110.7 102.1
Lighting and Power Total 103.5 104.4 99.3 100.9 104.4 98.8 100.1 100.8 104.0 100.8 105.7 100.9
Extra High Voltage 96.1 101.9 98.7 103.7 105.3 100.5 97.5 101.4 100.8 100.4 115.9 100.4
Total Electricity Sales 102.5 103.9 99.1 101.7 104.6 99.3 99.3 101.0 103.3 100.7 105.9 100.7
(2) Contracted Electricity (Amount & No. of Contracts)
By Companies Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9 Companies Okinawa 10 Companies
By Use
Contracted
Electricity
kW
No. of Contracts		 Residential Lighting (No. of Contract) 2,587,868 4,901,990 19,243,292 6,471,001 1,166,809 9,180,937 3,503,590 1,925,537 5,802,253 54,783,277 616,861 55,400,138
Commercial Power (kW) 2,068,998 4,788,793 20,235,713 6,896,202 1,538,554 9,298,843 3,445,628 2,000,936 6,045,570 56,319,237 776,838 57,096,075
Small Industry (kW) 2,724,881 7,831,163 22,244,651 12,740,384 2,664,952 12,829,838 4,969,796 2,959,612 8,204,037 77,169,314 612,174 77,781,488
(Low Voltage Power) 1,623,137 4,679,238 14,572,914 7,225,665 1,587,630 8,020,237 2,990,863 1,943,936 5,603,264 48,246,884 468,201 48,715,085
(High Voltage Power) 1,101,744 3,151,925 7,671,737 5,514,719 1,077,322 4,809,601 1,978,933 1,015,676 2,600,773 28,922,430 143,973 29,066,403
High Voltage Power B (kW) 523,744 1,848,802 6,181,375 4,010,856 870,686 2,525,250 1,306,425 665,727 1,273,358 19,206,223 160,427 19,366,650
Power Total (kW) 6,450,738 15,871,687 51,037,747 26,256,533 5,580,584 25,988,058 10,642,903 6,454,439 17,018,675 165,301,364 1,604,681 166,906,045
Lighting & Power (No. of Contract) 3,861,937 7,646,600 27,500,035 10,253,720 1,998,651 13,052,975 5,196,285 2,870,773 8,234,692 80,615,668 778,719 81,394,387

[Large industry use by sector (March 2004)]

By Company Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9 Companies Okinawa 10 Companies
By Sector
Volume
of
electricity
(MkWh)		 Industry Mining 5,461 8,350 16,664 4,555 10,712 8,482 15,634 3,525 10,001 83,384 630 84,014
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 66,038 96,119 431,420 175,184 17,919 183,278 58,552 30,876 122,360 1,181,746 4,808 1,186,554
Textiles 0 13,964 9,398 61,782 76,800 49,435 16,709 13,251 16,018 257,357   257,357
Paper & pulp 70,103 68,982 237,902 138,333 26,906 75,035 46,254 104,097 34,883 802,495 421 802,916
Chemicals 29,581 158,689 738,019 249,326 104,777 357,533 209,515 133,060 144,340 2,124,840 1,132 2,125,972
Oil/Coal 2,910 6,128 23,900 3,316 4,922 16,359 8,140 27,324 9,146 102,145 4,462 106,607
Rubber goods 92 27,675 82,108 80,804 1,913 38,645 29,548 3,592 44,132 308,509   308,509
Ceramics 8,327 73,526 243,665 199,287 37,199 209,724 62,947 2,826 99,142 936,643 6,107 942,750
Steel 68,976 246,934 724,981 538,994 57,784 660,317 472,238 90,950 204,226 3,065,400 12,701 3,078,101
Non-ferrous Metals 0 222,655 386,639 137,353 62,155 144,656 112,917 0 75,141 1,141,516 579 1,142,095
Machinery 59,024 643,024 1,642,029 1,625,934 230,001 674,519 386,941 110,326 562,796 5,934,594   5,934,594
Others 39,748 184,339 822,578 424,837 126,876 395,509 102,943 41,997 126,135 2,264,962 869 2,265,831
Manufacturing total 344,799 1,742,035 5,342,640 3,635,150 747,252 2,805,010 1,506,704 558,299 1,438,319 18,120,208 31,079 18,151,287
Mining and manufacturing total 350,260 1,750,385 5,359,304 3,639,705 757,964 2,813,492 1,522,338 561,824 1,448,320 18,203,592 31,709 18,235,301
Others Railways 34,406 126,100 572,617 229,699 24,684 392,178 102,916 8,760 84,306 1,575,666 624 1,576,290
Ohters 59,743 185,270 1,079,531 262,065 47,727 391,043 113,330 41,642 176,425 2,356,776 37,893 2,394,669
Others Total 94,149 311,370 1,652,148 491,764 72,411 783,221 216,246 50,402 260,731 3,932,442 38,517 3,970,959
Grand Total 444,409 2,061,755 7,011,452 4,131,469 830,375 3,596,713 1,738,584 612,226 1,709,051 22,136,034 70,226 22,206,260
Change
on
Previous
Year
(%)		 Industry Mining 89.2 86.7 96.6 94.9 70.5 95.0 97.3 95.1 96.4 90.6 108.2 90.7
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 100.0 97.1 100.7 103.6 103.1 99.2 97.6 105.2 102.5 100.7 105.8 100.8
Textiles 0.0 102.7 99.0 95.3 99.2 95.1 98.1 100.5 83.0 96.4   96.4
Paper & pulp 81.0 99.0 96.3 96.7 104.1 93.6 103.7 95.2 100.9 95.4 103.7 95.4
Chemicals 95.3 91.2 97.6 98.5 95.7 95.9 100.1 99.7 98.2 97.2 105.0 97.2
Oil/Coal 33.4 116.1 102.3 33.3 104.5 90.5 94.1 93.7 109.4 87.9 109.8 88.6
Rubber goods 98.9 108.5 91.7 103.5 99.4 103.4 103.6 101.7 97.3 99.5   99.5
Ceramics 69.7 110.3 96.2 97.3 103.8 104.2 99.0 137.1 93.6 99.1 101.7 99.1
Steel 107.4 104.9 102.6 100.9 117.5 106.0 88.7 107.0 84.2 99.8 115.2 99.8
Non-ferrous Metals 0.0 101.6 95.8 110.7 109.1 101.5 100.0 0.0 116.7 101.6 105.7 101.6
Machinery 103.4 105.4 104.6 107.8 107.3 102.2 107.9 105.5 108.6 106.0   106.0
Others 104.5 102.5 100.3 103.2 108.0 105.2 99.7 103.5 101.7 102.4 72.9 102.4
Manufacturing total 94.8 102.6 100.7 103.8 105.2 102.1 97.9 101.5 100.7 101.5 107.7 101.5
Mining and manufacturing total 94.7 102.5 100.7 103.8 104.4 102.1 97.9 101.4 100.6 101.5 107.7 101.5
Others Railways 103.0 96.3 99.9 102.9 100.5 99.2 99.3 99.7 104.6 100.1 650.0 100.1
Ohters 85.2 102.1 101.8 101.9 105.5 98.1 100.9 101.8 101.5 100.7 113.5 100.9
Others Total 91.0 99.7 101.1 102.3 103.7 98.6 100.1 101.4 102.5 100.5 115.0 100.6
Grand Total 93.9 102.1 100.8 103.6 104.4 101.3 98.2 101.4 100.9 101.3 111.6 101.3