Electricity Demand in December 2004 (Confirmed Report)

2005/1/31
FEPC

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

Total demand in December was up 1.4% on last year to 67.4 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

(Demand Excluding Extra High Voltage Demand)

Despite decreased demand for heating caused by higher temperatures from early to mid-December, lighting demand posted an increase of 2.6% due to a longer meter-reading period. Commercial demand, however, posted a decline of 0.4%.

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 December was up for the twelfth consecutive month, increasing by 1.8%. The rise was due to firm performance in the chemicals, the steel, the machinery and the non-ferrous metals sectors.

[December 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 0.2 -0.0 -0.3 5.7 -0.2 5.9 3.8 1.6 8.2 2.6 1.9 2.6
Power (0.3) (-1.4) (-2.2) (-0.1) (-3.0) (0.6) (1.1) (-1.2) (1.2) (-0.7) (0.0) (-0.7)
Lighting &
Power
Total		 (0.2) (-0.7) (-1.2) (2.7) (-1.7) (3.5) (2.5) (0.2) (4.9) (1.0) (0.9) (1.0)
Extra High
Voltage Demand		 (3.0) (2.1) (-0.3) (2.3) (7.1) (1.4) (7.2) (5.6) (4.2) (2.0) (3.7) (2.0)
Total Electricity
Sales		 0.9 0.4 -0.8 2.5 2.1 2.6 4.6 2.1 4.6 1.4 1.3 1.4
(Large Industry) -2.1 0.8 0.1 1.4 6.5 2.0 7.0 5.2 2.4 1.8 3.5 1.8
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 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Demand
excl.
Extra
High
Voltage
Demand		 Lighting Total -1.4 -3.6 -3.2 1.3 -0.2 5.3 0.1 2.6 17.8 13.4 3.2 2.2 0.0 2.6
Commercial
Power		 0.2 -2.0 0.0 2.0 2.4 (0.6) (1.3) (5.0) (12.6) (15.9) (1.8) (3.3) (2.2) (-0.4)
Small
Industry		 Low
Voltage		 -7.0 -10.6 -6.1 -1.3 -4.3 2.4 -1.9 5.3 28.0 18.8 0.4 2.5 -3.2 -0.4
High
Voltage A		 1.2 0.1 0.9 2.1 4.1 (1.5) (-0.0) (3.2) (6.8) (7.8) (1.0) (-0.0) (-0.0) (-1.0)
Total -1.8 -3.4 -2.0 0.9 1.1 (1.8) (-0.6) (3.9) (14.4) (12.3) (0.8) (0.8) (-1.0) (-0.8)
Power Total -0.8 -2.6 -1.2 1.3 1.7 (1.0) (-0.1) (3.8) (12.8) (13.4) (1.2) (1.8) (0.2) (-0.7)
Lighting & Power
Total		 -1.1 -3.0 -2.2 1.3 0.9 (3.2) (0.0) (3.2) (15.2) (13.4) (2.2) (2.0) (0.1) (1.0)
Extra High Voltage Demand -0.3 -0.9 -0.3 3.1 0.4 (2.0) (1.3) (4.6) (8.8) (5.0) (2.9) (2.8) (2.6) (2.0)
Total Electricity Sales -0.9 -2.5 -1.8 1.7 0.7 2.7 0.6 3.8 12.5 10.2 2.5 2.3 1.2 1.4
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 Dec. 2003 Jan. 2004 Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Textiles -7.8 -7.5 -6.4 -4.8 -3.6 -3.7 -5.6 0.9 0.5 -1.2 -1.8 -4.3 -0.9 -2.7
Paper & Pulp -1.8 -2.8 -2.1 1.8 -4.6 -3.0 -5.8 -1.9 -0.9 -0.3 -0.9 -1.1 -4.8 -0.8
Chemicals 1.1 -0.5 0.4 4.5 -2.8 2.0 4.9 4.0 8.1 5.6 1.0 2.7 0.9 5.8
Ceramics -1.0 -3.2 -0.6 3.1 -0.9 -2.6 -0.4 -1.7 0.1 0.1 -3.1 -3.1 -4.1 -1.1
Steel 1.4 -1.6 -1.3 3.9 -0.2 3.2 4.8 6.4 6.2 1.4 3.8 8.3 3.9 3.4
Non-Ferrous Metals -0.3 -2.0 0.3 3.5 1.6 0.3 1.0 2.6 5.1 4.5 3.5 1.1 -0.2 1.8
Machinery 1.7 2.0 3.0 5.2 6.0 6.0 2.4 8.7 11.4 7.2 5.6 3.6 5.1 2.8
Large Industry Total 0.2 -0.4 0.4 3.2 1.3 2.2 1.3 4.6 7.6 4.5 2.8 2.3 2.3 1.8

[December 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		 655,559 1,401,262 5,344,416 1,806,825 354,171 2,677,223 995,263 533,130 1,488,130 15,255,979 177,310 15,433,289
Lighting
Total		 992,324 1,932,038 7,235,795 2,647,507 565,037 3,571,071 1,391,036 709,248 2,100,555 21,144,611 196,762 21,341,373
Commercial
Power		 440,101 872,225 3,257,341 1,038,491 269,900 1,413,295 539,371 325,969 863,774 9,020,467 146,975 9,167,442
Small
Industry		 337,945 912,879 2,321,972 1,459,635 320,655 1,332,792 526,223 280,338 824,670 8,317,109 65,744 8,382,853
Low
Voltage		 100,548 233,933 740,087 362,753 83,566 418,430 151,710 90,080 327,091 2,508,198 32,279 2,540,477
High
Voltage A		 237,397 678,946 1,581,885 1,096,882 237,089 914,362 374,513 190,258 497,579 5,808,911 33,465 5,842,376
Power Total 860,548 1,869,806 5,778,682 2,691,246 623,696 2,857,055 1,145,654 672,863 1,789,377 18,288,927 239,632 18,528,559
Lighting &
Power Total		 1,852,872 3,801,844 13,014,478 5,338,753 1,188,733 6,428,126 2,536,690 1,382,111 3,889,932 39,433,539 436,394 39,869,933
Extra High
Voltage		 639,747 2,437,350 9,216,354 4,483,744 981,931 4,606,575 2,069,840 763,006 2,206,128 27,404,675 86,599 27,491,274
Total
Electricity
Sales		 2,492,619 6,239,194 22,230,832 9,822,497 2,170,664 11,034,701 4,606,530 2,145,117 6,096,060 66,838,214 522,993 67,361,207
Year-on-
Year
Change
(%)		 Lighting 100.2 100.0 99.7 105.7 99.8 105.9 103.8 101.6 108.2 102.6 101.9 102.6
Power (100.3) (98.6) (97.8) (99.9) (97.0) (100.6) (101.1) (98.8) (101.2) (99.3) (100.0) (99.3)
Commercial
Power		 (100.3) (98.7) (98.4) (100.3) (98.7) (100.7) (101.6) (99.6) (101.6) (99.6) (98.9) (99.6)
Low
Voltage		 97.4 97.4 95.5 101.7 94.3 104.2 100.0 97.4 105.7 99.6 98.4 99.6
High
Voltage A		 (98.8) (100.3) (98.4) (98.9) (97.1) (99.3) (101.7) (99.2) (97.7) (99.0) (100.6) (99.0)
Small
Industry		 (98.4) (99.6) (97.4) (99.6) (96.3) (100.8) (101.2) (98.6) (100.7) (99.2) (99.5) (99.2)
Lighting &
Power Total		 (100.2) (99.3) (98.8) (102.7) (98.3) (103.5) (102.5) (100.2) (104.9) (101.0) (100.9) (101.0)
Extra High
Voltage		 (103.0) (102.1) (99.7) (102.3) (107.1) (101.4) (107.2) (105.6) (104.2) (102.0) (103.7) (102.0)
Total
Electricity
Sales		 100.9 100.4 99.2 102.5 102.1 102.6 104.6 102.1 104.6 101.4 101.3 101.4
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)		 2,569,361 4,894,284 19,390,727 6,498,067 1,160,099 9,261,148 3,494,643 1,919,463 5,803,865 54,991,657 621,520 55,613,177
Commercial
Power (kW)		 1,649,900 3,866,889 15,355,727 5,267,109 1,206,095 7,204,008 2,796,566 1,578,830 4,811,899 43,737,023 666,677 44,403,700
Small
Industry (kW)		 2,690,511 7,719,955 22,126,987 12,564,335 2,640,850 12,736,324 4,896,770 2,912,434 8,077,633 76,365,799 612,344 76,978,143
Low
Voltage		 1,602,992 4,642,020 14,468,637 7,135,434 1,574,226 7,985,398 2,960,243 1,920,157 5,581,039 47,870,146 470,311 48,340,457
High
Voltage A		 1,087,519 3,077,935 7,658,350 5,428,901 1,066,624 4,750,926 1,936,527 992,277 2,496,594 28,495,653 142,033 28,637,686
Power Total
(kW)		 5,206,988 12,914,763 39,781,324 20,331,596 4,357,902 21,252,915 8,577,530 5,279,358 14,353,279 132,055,655 1,400,253 133,455,908
Lighting &
Power Total
(No. of
Contracts)		 3,828,617 7,657,652 27,661,807 10,313,377 2,004,582 13,205,800 5,214,750 2,874,427 8,307,820 81,068,832 785,926 81,854,758
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).

[December 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 6,647 8,595 15,518 3,945 14,105 7,641 14,649 3,590 12,280 86,970 616 87,586
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 66,651 100,239 421,374 172,550 19,246 189,070 63,142 32,609 127,094 1,191,975 6,489 1,198,464
Textiles 0 11,934 8,689 56,897 72,385 48,941 15,728 13,097 14,443 242,114   242,114
Paper & Pulp 74,077 66,622 232,829 127,128 32,051 73,573 51,786 110,292 35,969 804,327 428 804,755
Chemicals 31,485 162,345 767,015 249,702 110,422 360,572 263,168 131,194 175,277 2,251,180 1,196 2,252,376
Oil/Coal 166 5,249 34,302 4,302 5,008 17,190 9,699 26,569 9,237 111,722 3,874 115,596
Rubber
Products		 76 20,033 76,984 71,474 1,706 35,861 24,038 2,660 38,804 271,636   271,636
Ceramics 7,670 65,723 233,891 205,977 34,822 204,387 68,514 2,087 96,520 919,591 6,865 926,456
Steel 60,402 260,815 645,993 525,039 70,454 649,887 513,797 86,813 218,180 3,031,380 12,751 3,044,131
Non-Ferrous
Metals		 0 231,199 349,307 112,448 60,082 150,353 119,148 0 78,633 1,101,170 693 1,101,863
Machinery 56,141 619,338 1,575,248 1,478,561 235,944 636,944 374,784 123,441 560,532 5,660,933   5,660,933
Others 37,445 177,205 803,515 399,393 122,340 368,820 94,914 42,315 122,357 2,168,304 1,908 2,170,212
Manufacturing
Total		 334,113 1,720,702 5,149,147 3,403,471 764,460 2,735,598 1,598,718 571,077 1,477,046 17,754,332 34,204 17,788,536
Mining & Manufacturing Total 340,760 1,729,297 5,164,666 3,407,416 778,565 2,743,239 1,613,367 574,667 1,489,326 17,841,303 34,820 17,876,123
Others Railways 34,563 122,094 575,022 232,624 24,120 394,376 105,361 8,802 86,155 1,583,117 693 1,583,810
Others 60,613 188,872 1,077,767 261,827 49,780 390,525 114,762 45,343 177,949 2,367,438 36,390 2,403,828
Others Total 95,176 310,966 1,652,790 494,451 73,900 784,901 220,123 54,145 264,104 3,950,556 37,083 3,987,639
Total 435,936 2,040,263 6,817,455 3,901,867 852,465 3,528,140 1,833,490 628,812 1,753,430 21,791,858 71,903 21,863,761
Year-
on-Year
Change
(%)		 Mining &
Manufacturing		 Mining 94.3 103.5 99.0 88.9 148.6 94.6 102.1 105.0 132.7 108.6 100.7 108.6
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 101.0 101.0 96.2 99.2 104.4 100.3 107.8 102.9 101.1 99.3 105.8 99.3
Textiles 0.0 88.4 94.3 93.5 98.5 102.2 103.4 101.2 91.8 97.3   97.3
Paper & Pulp 98.5 97.1 99.0 92.6 119.5 96.4 110.1 107.9 85.8 99.2 87.7 99.2
Chemicals 102.9 104.2 102.4 105.3 106.4 106.6 113.9 110.4 115.7 105.8 99.8 105.8
Oil/Coal 2.1 107.6 136.9 112.1 100.4 102.1 98.4 93.3 103.8 100.9 99.4 100.9
Rubber
Products		 84.4 78.2 97.3 97.5 101.9 100.0 88.9 79.9 89.7 93.9   93.9
Ceramics 71.3 90.5 96.4 110.7 94.1 101.5 103.4 78.0 86.7 98.8 109.6 98.9
Steel 102.8 102.5 100.5 101.2 121.2 102.2 113.7 103.7 96.3 103.4 96.9 103.4
Non-Ferrous
Metals		 0.0 106.2 95.8 99.8 105.4 108.8 100.4 0.0 107.3 101.8 134.3 101.8
Machinery 102.0 101.4 101.0 101.7 109.6 101.3 105.2 107.8 106.8 102.8   102.8
Others 99.2 103.2 102.3 102.6 101.9 104.5 99.4 104.0 101.6 102.6 121.2 102.6
Manufacturing
Total		 97.7 101.5 100.4 101.7 106.7 102.8 108.2 105.9 102.3 102.3 102.9 102.3
Mining & Manufacturing Total 97.6 101.6 100.4 101.7 107.2 102.8 108.1 105.9 102.5 102.3 102.9 102.3
Others Railways 103.7 95.2 99.4 101.0 95.7 99.6 100.7 97.7 102.0 99.6 97.7 99.6
Others 96.7 98.3 99.4 97.9 101.0 99.4 98.0 98.6 101.7 99.2 104.2 99.3
Others Total 99.2 97.1 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.5 99.3 98.4 101.8 99.3 104.1 99.4
Total 97.9 100.8 100.1 101.4 106.5 102.0 107.0 105.2 102.4 101.8 103.5 101.8
Note: Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.