Electricity Demand in February 2005 (Bulletin)

2005/3/18
FEPC

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

Total demand in February was up 2.3% to 75.2 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

Demand Excluding Extra High Voltage Demand

Commercial and lighting demand posted increases of 2.5% and 4.9% respectively. The increase in lighting demand was due to increased demand for heating caused by lower temperatures from mid to early February.

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
(February)		 Prev. 3 Months
January December November
Volume Demand excl.
Extra High Voltage
Demand		 Lighting 26,482 28,746 21,341 19,735
Power 22,136 20,555 18,529 18,248
Lighting & Power Total 48,618 49,300 39,870 37,983
Extra High Voltage Demand 26,632 27,098 27,491 27,585
Total Electricity Sales 75,249 76,398 67,361 65,568
Large industry 21,029 21,291 21,864 22,032
Year-on-Year Change Demand excl.
Extra High Voltage
Demand		 Lighting 104.9 99.7 102.6 100.0
Power (101.1) (98.7) (99.3) (100.2)
Lighting & Power Total (103.2) (99.3) (101.0) (100.1)
Extra High Voltage Demand (100.8) (102.3) (102.0) (102.6)
Total Electricity Sales 102.3 100.3 101.4 101.2
Large industry 99.9 101.6 101.8 102.3
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 February was down 0.1% on last year. It was the first decline in 14 months, and was primarily due to February having an extra leap-year-day last year, despite bullish performance in the machinery and the chemical sectors.

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

(Units: mkWh, %)
  This Month (February) Prev. 3 Months
Volume Year-on-Year
Change		 January December November
Textiles 229 94.7 94.7 97.3 99.1
Paper & Pulp 739 96.1 99.5 99.2 95.2
Chemicals 2,053 100.3 104.5 105.8 100.9
Ceramics 876 96.1 101.3 98.9 95.9
Steel 2,846 99.6 104.5 103.4 103.9
Non-Ferrous Metals 1,070 97.8 100.0 101.8 99.8
Machinery 5,700 101.9 101.9 102.8 105.1

(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 -0.1  

February 2005 Lighting & Power Demand by Co. & Use

(Units: mkWh, %)
  February
Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9-Co. Total Okinawa 10-Co. Total
Results Lighting 1,097 2,258 9,541 3,192 693 4,322 1,719 879 2,572 26,273 209 26,482
Power 1,065 2,266 6,987 3,228 684 3,414 1,378 718 2,188 21,928 208 22,136
Commercial Power 503 1,061 3,967 1,305 281 1,748 681 338 1,121 11,005 130 11,135
Small industry 331 1,016 2,772 1,697 345 1,540 601 299 953 9,554 53 9,607
Lighting & Power Total 2,162 4,524 16,528 6,420 1,377 7,736 3,097 1,597 4,760 48,201 417 48,618
Extra High Voltage Demand 658 2,384 9,066 4,442 952 4,359 1,938 710 2,050 26,559 73 26,632
Total Electricity Sales 2,820 6,908 25,593 10,862 2,329 12,095 5,035 2,307 6,810 74,759 490 75,249
Large Industry 414 1,981 6,662 3,875 822 3,340 1,677 581 1,613 20,965 64 21,029
Year-on-
Year Change 		Lighting 102.0 104.5 112.3 98.8 99.0 100.1 100.6 102.2 104.1 105.0 96.4 104.9
Power (102.7) (102.6) (102.9) (98.7) (98.5) (99.8) (100.3) (100.6) (100.4) (101.1) (103.3) (101.1)
Commercial Power (101.4) (102.4) (102.9) (101.3) (103.5) (101.7) (103.0) (105.1) (102.9) (102.5) (103.8) (102.5)
Small industry (100.5) (101.7) (103.3) (97.8) (95.9) (98.6) (98.9) (97.5) (98.3) (100.0) (101.5) (100.0)
Lighting & Power Total (102.3) (103.6) (108.1) (98.7) (98.8) (100.0) (100.4) (101.5) (102.3) (103.2) (99.7) (103.2)
Extra High Voltage Demand (102.7) (103.0) (99.4) (101.3) (105.7) (98.8) (102.7) (101.2) (103.8) (100.8) (91.9) (100.8)
Total of Electricity Sales 102.4 103.4 104.9 99.8 101.5 99.5 101.3 101.4 102.8 102.3 98.5 102.3
Large industry 95.3 101.2 99.0 100.1 104.4 98.7 101.6 99.7 101.5 99.9 92.7 99.9
Prev. 3 Months (10-Co. Total)
January December November
28,746 21,341 19,735
20,556 18,529 18,248
10,146 9,167 9,117
8,930 8,383 8,259
49,302 39,870 37,983
27,093 27,491 27,585
76,395 67,361 65,568
21,291 21,864 22,032
99.7 102.6 100.0
(98.7) (99.3) (100.2)
(100.7) (99.6) (102.2)
(96.8) (99.2) (99.0)
(99.3) (101.0) (100.1)
(102.3) (102.0) (102.6)
100.3 101.4 101.2
101.6 101.8 102.3
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).