Electricity Demand in January 2005 (Bulletin)

2005/2/18
FEPC

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

Total demand in January was up 0.3% to 76.4 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

Demand Excluding Extra High Voltage Demand

Despite increased demand for heating caused by lower temperatures from late December to early January, lighting demand posted a decline of 0.3% due to a shorter meter-reading period. Commercial demand, however, posted an increase of 0.7%.

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).

Demand Volume & Change by Month & Use

(Units: mkWh, %)
  This month
(January)		 Prev. 3 Months
December November October
Volume Demand excl.
Extra High Voltage
Demand		 Lighting 28,746 21,341 19,735 20,124
Power 20,555 18,529 18,248 20,613
Lighting & Power Total 49,300 39,870 37,983 40,737
Extra High Voltage Demand 27,098 27,491 27,585 28,752
Total Electricity Sales 76,398 67,361 65,568 69,489
Large industry 21,291 21,864 22,032 22,806
Year-on-Year Change Demand excl.
Extra High Voltage
Demand		 Lighting 99.7 102.6 100.0 102.2
Power (98.7) (99.3) (100.2) (101.8)
Lighting & Power Total (99.3) (101.0) (100.1) (102.0)
Extra High Voltage Demand (102.3) 102.0) (102.6) (102.8)
Total Electricity Sales 100.3 101.4 101.2 102.3
Large industry 101.6 101.8 102.3 102.3
Note:  
1. Figures in "Large 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).

(Reference) Large Industrial Demand

Large industrial user demand in January was up for the thirteenth consecutive month, increasing by 1.6%. The rise was due to firm performance in all the sectors except the textiles and the paper & pulp sectors.

(Reference)
Demand Volume & Change by Month & Large Industry Sector

(Units: mkWh, %)
  This Month (January) Prev. 3 Months
Volume Year-on-Year
Change		 December November October
Textiles 225 94.8 97.3 99.1 95.7
Paper & Pulp 740 99.4 99.2 95.2 98.9
Chemicals 2,194 104.5 105.8 100.9 102.7
Ceramics 874 101.3 98.9 95.9 96.9
Steel 2,919 104.5 103.4 103.9 108.3
Non-Ferrous Metals 1,093 100.0 101.8 99.8 101.1
Machinery 5,604 102.0 102.8 105.1 103.6

(Reference)
Large Industry Demand Change by Month & Term

(Units: %)
  4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3
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 0.8 -0.6 -0.1 -0.4 0.4 3.2 1.3
FY2004 2.2 1.3 4.6 7.6 4.5 2.8 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.6    

January 2005 Lighting & Power Demand by Co. & Use

(Units: mkWh, %)
  January
Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9-Co. Total Okinawa 10-Co. Total
Results Lighting 1,249 2,632 9,318 3,751 823 5,072 1,845 954 2,862 28,506 240 28,746
Power 1,076 2,147 6,257 2,950 714 3,120 1,284 754 2,025 20,327 228 20,555
Commercial Power 490 986 3,586 1,162 300 1,551 614 362 958 10,009 139 10,148
Small industry 351 972 2,428 1,525 356 1,422 569 305 941 8,869 61 8,930
Lighting & Power Total 2,325 4,779 15,574 6,701 1,537 8,192 3,129 1,708 4,887 48,832 468 49,300
Extra High Voltage Demand 657 2,470 8,972 4,412 970 4,562 2,039 755 2,184 27,021 77 27,098
Total Electricity Sales 2,982 7,249 24,546 11,113 2,507 12,754 5,168 2,463 7,071 75,853 545 76,398
Large Industry 416 2,037 6,549 3,808 832 3,463 1,792 615 1,712 21,224 67 21,291
Year-on-
Year Change 		Lighting 103.3 101.6 97.2 101.5 104.1 100.5 101.8 98.3 98.5 99.6 102.1 99.7
Power (104.1) (102.5) (98.4) (97.4) (100.3) (97.7) (98.9) (98.2) (95.4) (98.6) (105.6) (98.7)
Commercial Power (101.5) (102.6) (101.3) (99.1) (103.1) (99.7) (100.6) (102.6) (97.1) (100.6) (107.6) (100.7)
Small industry (99.9) (100.8) (95.6) (96.8) (98.2) (96.3) (98.3) (95.3) (94.6) (96.8) (101.6) (96.8)
Lighting & Power Total (103.7) (102.0) (97.7) (99.7) (102.3) (99.4) (100.6) (98.3) (97.2) (99.2) (103.7) (99.3)
Extra High Voltage Demand (104.8) (103.7) (100.4) (101.5) (106.7) (101.0) (107.7) (104.5) (105.3) (102.3) (97.6) (102.3)
Total of Electricity Sales 103.9 102.6 98.7 100.4 104.0 100.0 103.3 100.1 99.6 100.3 102.8 100.3
Large industry 97.5 101.9 100.1 100.3 105.8 101.3 107.8 103.7 103.2 101.6 99.7 101.6
Prev. 3 Months (10-Co. Total)
December November October
21,341 19,735 20,124
18,529 18,248 20,613
9,167 9,117 10,414
8,383 8,259 9,409
39,870 37,983 40,737
27,491 27,585 28,752
67,361 65,568 69,489
21,864 22,032 22,806
102.6 100.0 102.2
(99.3) (100.2) (101.8)
(99.6) (102.2) (103.3)
(99.2) (99.0) (100.8)
(101.0) (100.1) (102.0)
(102.0) (102.6) (102.8)
101.4 101.2 102.3
101.8 102.3 102.3
Note:  
1. Some figures are estimates based on Bulletin reports.
2. Figures in "Commercial Power", "Small industry" and "Large Industry" indicate itemized breakdown of included subtotals.
3. Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.
4. Beginning April 2004, demand categories have been changed to reflect deregulation of over-500kW electricity market.
5. Figures in parentheses adjusted to match 2004 demand categories (for reference only).