Electricity Demand in April 2004 (Confirmed Report)

2004/5/31
FEPC

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

Total demand in April was up 2.7% on last year to 69.0 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

(Demand Excluding Extra High Voltage Demand)

Commercial and lighting demand posted increases of 0.6% and 5.3% respectively. The increase in lighting demand resulted from a longer meter-reading period, which overcame decreased demand for heating caused by higher temperatures in March.

Note: Year-on-year changes in commercial power calculated by adjusting figures for the same period one year ago to match 2004 demand categories (for reference only).

(Reference)

Large industrial user demand in April was up for the fourth consecutive month, increasing by 2.2%. The rise was due to firm performance in the chemicals, the steel and the non-ferrous metals sectors.

[April 2004 Demand Change by Co. & Use]

By Company Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9-Co. Total Okinawa 10-Co. Total
By Use
Year-
on-
Year
Change
(%)		 Demand
excl.
Extra
High
Voltage
Demand		 Lighting 1.0 5.5 3.9 8.3 -2.4 7.4 7.7 4.3 5.7 5.3 3.8 5.3
Power (-0.0) (2.1) (0.7) (0.4) (-1.3) (0.9) (1.4) (1.4) (1.6) (0.9) (6.4) (1.0)
Lighting &
Power
Total		 (0.5) (3.8) (2.4) (4.2) (-1.8) (4.4) (4.7) (2.9) (3.7) (3.2) (5.2) (3.2)
Extra High
Voltage Demand		 (0.2) (3.9) (1.0) (4.3) (3.5) (0.3) (0.8) (3.4) (3.4) (1.9) (8.4) (2.0)
Total Electricity
Sales		 0.4 3.9 1.9 4.2 0.4 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.6 2.7 5.7 2.7
(Large Industry) -5.0 4.0 2.1 3.7 3.4 0.3 0.7 2.9 3.2 2.1 15.6 2.2
Note: Figures in parentheses adjusted to match 2004 demand categories (for reference only).

[Demand Change by Month & Use]

By Use By Month Year-on-Year Change (%)
FY 2003 Apr. 2003 May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 Feb. Mar. Apr.
Demand
excl.
Extra
High
Voltage
Demand		 Lighting Total -1.4 10.8 1.0 -0.8 0.8 -16.4 0.9 7.5 -8.0 -3.6 -3.2 1.3 -0.2 5.3
Commercial
Power		 0.2 7.0 4.2 1.8 -2.5 -9.7 1.4 2.8 -0.7 -2.0 0.0 2.0 2.4 (0.6)
Small
Industry		 Low
Voltage		 -7.0 6.7 -1.5 -9.0 -5.8 -24.1 -4.5 3.5 -12.5 -10.6 -6.1 -1.3 -4.3 2.4
High
Voltage A		 1.2 4.5 2.9 1.5 0.3 -6.1 2.8 2.9 0.2 0.1 0.9 2.1 4.1 (1.5)
Total -1.8 5.2 1.4 -2.0 -2.0 -14.4 -0.3 3.1 -3.9 -3.4 -2.0 0.9 1.1 (1.8)
Power Total -0.8 5.1 2.3 0.2 -2.8 -10.2 0.6 2.0 -2.4 -2.6 -1.2 1.3 1.7 (1.0)
Lighting & Power
Total		 -1.1 7.5 1.7 -0.2 -1.5 -12.8 0.8 4.1 -4.9 -3.0 -2.2 1.3 0.9 (3.2)
Extra High Voltage Demand -0.3 2.6 1.5 0.5 -5.0 -2.8 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 -0.9 -0.3 3.1 0.4 (2.0)
Total Electricity Sales -0.9 6.2 1.7 0.0 -2.4 -10.6 0.6 2.5 -3.6 -2.5 -1.8 1.7 0.7 2.7
Note:1. Beginning April 2004, demand categories have been changed to reflect deregulation of over-500kW electricity market.
2. Figures in parentheses adjusted to match 2004 demand categories (for reference only).

[Large Industry Demand Change by Month & Sector (reference)]

By Sector By Month Year-on-Year Change (%)
FY 2003 Apr. 2003 May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 Feb. Mar. Apr.
Textiles -7.8 -9.0 -8.7 -8.7 -12.6 -9.2 -5.6 -6.8 -8.9 -7.5 -6.4 -4.8 -3.6 -3.7
Paper & Pulp -1.8 0.8 -0.7 -2.1 -3.4 -3.1 -2.7 -3.0 0.9 -2.8 -2.1 1.8 -4.6 -3.0
Chemicals 1.1 8.4 3.8 1.0 -3.3 -2.4 0.6 0.4 3.7 -0.5 0.4 4.5 -2.8 2.0
Ceramics -1.0 1.5 -1.2 -1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -0.4 -1.2 -3.8 -3.2 -0.6 3.1 -0.9 -2.6
Steel 1.4 8.5 6.2 3.3 1.6 1.4 -1.9 -2.3 -0.0 -1.6 -1.3 3.9 -0.2 3.2
Non-Ferrous Metals -0.3 2.1 -1.5 -3.2 -2.5 -4.0 0.0 2.3 0.2 -2.0 0.3 3.5 1.6 0.3
Machinery 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.5 -5.0 -1.8 4.1 0.7 0.7 2.0 3.0 5.2 6.0 6.0
Large Industry Total 0.2 2.7 1.8 0.8 -4.3 -2.6 0.8 -0.6 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 3.2 1.3 2.2

[April 2004 Lighting & Power Demand Volume & Change by Co. & Use]

1) Sales Volume & Change
By Company Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9-Co. Total Okinawa 10-Co. Total
By Use
Vol. of
Electicity
Used
(1,000
kWh)		 Residential
Lighting		 685,149 1,549,359 5,663,206 1,990,121 362,635 2,928,240 1,058,141 549,974 1,545,134 16,331,959 182,922 16,514,881
Lighting
Total		 1,022,814 2,097,440 7,609,598 2,867,011 567,119 3,831,154 1,457,231 722,091 2,149,718 22,324,176 198,592 22,522,768
Commercial
Power		 473,696 892,350 3,376,974 1,094,425 222,906 1,477,682 572,724 279,805 939,061 9,329,623 131,602 9,461,225
Small
Industry		 346,763 955,243 2,443,292 1,554,173 316,264 1,424,112 554,866 282,281 875,537 8,752,531 63,280 8,815,811
Low
Voltage		 116,825 276,925 815,696 420,808 88,502 468,074 165,246 97,477 344,961 2,794,514 28,924 2,823,438
High
Voltage A		 229,938 678,318 1,627,597 1,133,365 227,762 956,038 389,620 184,804 530,576 5,958,018 34,356 5,992,374
Power Total 917,466 1,960,750 6,060,325 2,905,692 581,078 3,038,141 1,224,127 639,899 1,937,508 19,264,986 219,856 19,484,842
Lighting &
Power Total		 1,940,280 4,058,190 13,669,923 5,772,703 1,148,197 6,869,295 2,681,358 1,361,990 4,087,226 41,589,162 418,448 42,007,610
Extra High
Voltage		 639,086 2,338,652 9,293,189 4,399,714 903,112 4,517,116 1,985,530 735,006 2,092,982 26,904,387 92,609 26,996,996
Total
Electricity
Sales		 2,579,366 6,396,842 22,963,111 10,172,417 2,051,309 11,386,411 4,666,888 2,096,996 6,180,208 68,493,548 511,057 69,004,605
Year-on-
Year
Change
(%)		 Lighting 101.0 105.5 103.9 108.3 97.6 107.4 107.7 104.3 105.7 105.3 103.8 105.3
Power (100.0) (102.1) (100.7) (100.4) (98.7) (100.9) (101.4) (101.4) (101.6) (100.9) (106.4) (101.0)
Commercial
Power		 (101.7) (101.9) (100.5) (99.3) (100.0) (99.7) (100.4) (102.6) (101.2) (100.5) (105.9) (100.6)
Low
Voltage		 98.6 103.2 101.0 104.2 93.3 104.4 102.7 101.2 104.0 102.3 108.3 102.4
High
Voltage A		 (99.9) (102.3) (101.8) (100.4) (100.9) (101.1) (102.5) (100.6) (102.2) (101.4) (107.8) (101.5)
Small
Industry		 (99.5) (102.6) (101.5) (101.4) (98.7) (102.1) (102.6) (100.8) (102.9) (101.7) (108.0) (101.8)
Lighting &
Power Total		 (100.5) (103.8) (102.4) (104.2) (98.2) (104.4) (104.7) (102.9) (103.7) (103.2) (105.2) (103.2)
Extra High
Voltage		 (100.2) (103.9) (101.0) (104.3) (103.5) (100.3) (100.8) (103.4) (103.4) (101.9) (108.4) (102.0)
Total
Electricity
Sales		 100.4 103.9 101.9 104.2 100.4 102.7 103.0 103.0 103.6 102.7 105.7 102.7
2) Contracted Electricity Volume (1,000 kWh) & No. of Contracts
By Company Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9-Co. Total Okinawa 10-Co. Total
By Use
Contracted
Electricity
& No. of
Contracts		 Residential
Lighting
(No. of
Contracts)		 2,578,825 4,892,494 19,284,606 6,482,341 1,167,786 9,239,506 3,506,644 1,927,560 5,791,072 54,870,834 618,561 55,489,395
Commercial
Power (kW)		 1,570,493 3,730,380 14,876,775 5,173,568 1,165,691 7,139,633 2,721,784 1,555,191 4,787,644 42,721,159 666,710 43,387,869
Small
Industry (kW)		 2,701,972 7,727,735 22,144,839 12,635,614 2,653,089 12,829,773 4,915,861 2,930,420 8,197,330 76,736,633 612,044 77,348,677
Low
Voltage		 1,620,403 4,673,707 14,555,731 7,214,390 1,585,246 8,024,669 2,987,964 1,940,081 5,599,295 48,201,486 468,589 48,670,075
High
Voltage A		 1,081,569 3,054,028 7,589,108 5,421,224 1,067,843 4,805,104 1,927,897 990,339 2,598,035 28,535,147 143,455 28,678,602
Power Total
(kW)		 5,104,861 12,596,760 39,522,645 20,393,859 4,250,348 21,324,799 8,537,762 5,308,422 14,444,301 131,483,757 1,395,440 132,879,197
Lighting &
Power Total
(No. of
Contracts)		 3,811,656 7,603,158 27,550,949 10,262,961 1,997,056 13,125,623 5,200,700 2,874,267 8,223,388 80,649,758 781,369 81,431,127
Note:1. Figures in "Low Voltage", "High Voltage", "Commercial Power" and "Small Industry" indicate itemized breakdown of included subtotals.
2. Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.
3. Beginning April 2004, demand categories have been changed to reflect deregulation of over-500kW electricity market.
4. Figures in parentheses adjusted to match 2004 demand categories (for reference only).

[April 2004 Demand Volume and Change by Large Industry Sector]

Sales Volume and Change
By Company Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9-Co. Total Okinawa 10-Co. Total
By Sector
Volume
(1,000
kWh)		 Mining &
Manufacturing		 Mining 5,499 6,985 14,712 3,373 4,424 7,156 13,143 3,167 10,528 68,987 682 69,669
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 62,647 93,192 444,381 178,888 17,782 187,933 59,898 30,622 126,810 1,202,153 5,659 1,207,812
Textiles 0 13,228 9,291 57,036 75,807 46,106 16,464 12,675 15,430 246,037   246,037
Paper & Pulp 76,355 85,583 242,759 138,427 33,509 76,820 49,488 110,166 46,263 859,370 478 859,848
Chemicals 27,776 151,624 797,409 260,479 103,050 355,703 242,155 125,350 160,968 2,224,514 1,188 2,225,702
Oil/Coal 2,912 6,517 27,133 2,474 4,747 16,060 16,805 26,719 8,768 112,135 4,284 116,419
Rubber
Products		 73 27,425 77,121 75,531 1,660 35,815 26,836 3,350 42,903 290,714   290,714
Ceramics 10,185 74,215 224,800 174,284 31,981 199,525 60,605 9,536 78,130 863,261 6,000 869,261
Steel 66,353 258,039 734,300 505,023 59,235 663,568 505,690 85,850 221,312 3,099,370 11,494 3,110,864
Non-Ferrous
Metals		 0 214,596 371,820 118,713 59,335 138,328 103,640 0 75,175 1,081,607 541 1,082,148
Machinery 56,134 613,691 1,559,506 1,486,269 219,678 631,395 363,175 119,371 547,207 5,596,426   5,596,426
Others 37,820 173,672 822,280 395,745 117,461 376,462 97,286 40,779 120,783 2,182,288 1,636 2,183,924
Manufacturing
Total		 340,255 1,711,782 5,310,801 3,392,869 724,245 2,727,715 1,542,042 564,418 1,443,749 17,757,876 31,280 17,789,156
Mining & Manufacturing Total 345,754 1,718,767 5,325,513 3,396,242 728,669 2,734,871 1,555,185 567,585 1,454,277 17,826,863 31,962 17,858,825
Others Railways 28,271 109,247 514,857 209,498 21,871 363,738 96,079 7,824 77,687 1,429,072 681 1,429,753
Others 56,325 179,541 1,074,508 252,420 44,408 375,859 106,187 40,064 170,139 2,299,451 40,955 2,340,406
Others Total 84,596 288,788 1,589,365 461,918 66,279 739,597 202,266 47,888 247,826 3,728,523 41,636 3,770,159
Total 430,350 2,007,555 6,914,878 3,858,160 794,948 3,474,468 1,757,451 615,473 1,702,103 21,555,386 73,598 21,628,984
Year-
on-Year
Change
(%)		 Mining &
Manufacturing		 Mining 83.0 86.7 93.8 78.3 74.6 86.2 90.6 95.7 114.6 90.9 105.6 91.0
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 97.2 94.5 96.0 102.8 99.8 98.7 96.8 100.3 100.9 98.0 107.3 98.1
Textiles 0.0 100.8 100.7 92.8 101.8 94.3 99.5 91.5 86.7 96.3   96.3
Paper & Pulp 76.5 109.5 98.0 93.4 104.1 95.6 102.8 99.8 113.8 97.0 95.4 97.0
Chemicals 98.8 113.4 107.5 101.4 100.4 90.5 97.3 104.9 109.9 102.0 86.1 102.0
Oil/Coal 48.1 105.1 110.2 68.3 105.4 79.6 101.0 93.4 105.5 94.4 116.9 95.1
Rubber
Products		 94.8 106.8 90.5 103.1 98.8 101.8 103.6 99.3 98.3 98.9   98.9
Ceramics 127.4 104.1 93.0 98.5 91.0 103.6 98.3 97.0 85.3 97.1 158.2 97.4
Steel 102.2 101.2 108.5 104.9 107.4 103.6 99.3 103.1 93.2 103.2 112.2 103.2
Non-Ferrous
Metals		 0.0 104.7 97.0 103.6 106.1 98.1 95.4 0.0 107.7 100.3 106.7 100.3
Machinery 102.9 105.9 102.9 107.4 109.3 103.6 108.6 108.2 109.2 106.0   106.0
Others 104.1 101.4 102.3 101.6 102.8 104.5 98.4 104.3 101.7 102.4 135.3 102.4
Manufacturing
Total		 93.9 104.5 102.3 104.0 104.2 100.6 100.7 102.9 103.0 102.4 117.7 102.4
Mining & Manufacturing Total 93.7 104.4 102.2 103.9 104.0 100.5 100.6 102.8 103.1 102.3 117.5 102.4
Others Railways 103.0 97.9 100.6 103.6 101.1 100.6 101.1 101.4 104.0 101.1 549.2 101.1
Others 99.1 103.3 102.2 100.4 95.7 98.0 101.6 104.7 103.4 101.3 112.8 101.4
Others Total 100.4 101.2 101.7 101.8 97.4 99.3 101.4 104.1 103.6 101.2 114.2 101.3
Total 95.0 104.0 102.1 103.7 103.4 100.3 100.7 102.9 103.2 102.1 115.6 102.2
Note: Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.