Electricity Demand in February 2005(Confirmed Report)

2005/3/31
FEPC

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

Total demand in February was up 2.3% on last year to 75.3 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).

(Reference)

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.

[February 2005 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 2.0 4.5 12.3 -1.2 -1.0 0.1 0.6 2.2 4.1 5.0 -3.6 4.9
Power (2.7) (2.6) (2.9) (-1.3) (-1.5) (-0.2) (0.4) (0.6) (0.4) (1.1) (3.3) (1.1)
Lighting &
Power
Total		 (2.3) (3.6) (8.1) (-1.3) (-1.2) (-0.0) (0.5) (1.5) (2.3) (3.2) (-0.3) (3.2)
Extra High
Voltage Demand		 (2.8) (3.0) (-0.6) (1.3) (5.7) (-1.2) (2.6) (1.2) (3.8) (0.8) (-8.1) (0.8)
Total Electricity
Sales		 2.5 3.4 4.9 -0.2 1.5 -0.5 1.3 1.4 2.8 2.3 -1.5 2.3
(Large Industry) -4.7 1.2 -1.0 0.1 4.4 -1.3 1.6 -0.3 1.5 -0.1 -7.3 -0.1
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 Feb. 2004 Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2005 Feb.
Demand
excl.
Extra
High
Voltage
Demand		 Lighting Total -1.4 1.3 -0.2 5.3 0.1 2.6 17.8 13.4 3.2 2.2 0.0 2.6 -0.3 4.9
Commercial
Power		 0.2 2.0 2.4 (0.6) (1.3) (5.0) (12.6) (15.9) (1.8) (3.3) (2.2) (-0.4) (0.7) (2.5)
Small
Industry		 Low
Voltage		 -7.0 -1.3 -4.3 2.4 -1.9 5.3 28.0 18.8 0.4 2.5 -3.2 -0.4 -5.0 0.8
High
Voltage A		 1.2 2.1 4.1 (1.5) (-0.0) (3.2) (6.8) (7.8) (1.0) (-0.0) (-0.0) (-1.0) (-2.0) (-0.4)
Total -1.8 0.9 1.1 (1.8) (-0.6) (3.9) (14.4) (12.3) (0.8) (0.8) (-1.0) (-0.8) (-3.2) (0.0)
Power Total -0.8 1.3 1.7 (1.0) (-0.1) (3.8) (12.8) (13.4) (1.2) (1.8) (0.2) (-0.7) (-1.3) (1.1)
Lighting & Power
Total		 -1.1 1.3 0.9 (3.2) (0.0) (3.2) (15.2) (13.4) (2.2) (2.0) (0.1) (1.0) (-0.7) (3.2)
Extra High Voltage Demand -0.3 3.1 0.4 (2.0) (1.3) (4.6) (8.8) (5.0) (2.9) (2.8) (2.6) (2.0) (2.3) (0.8)
Total Electricity Sales -0.9 1.7 0.7 2.7 0.6 3.8 12.5 10.2 2.5 2.3 1.2 1.4 0.3 2.3
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 Feb. 2004 Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2005 Feb.
Textiles -7.8 -4.8 -3.6 -3.7 -5.6 0.9 0.5 -1.2 -1.8 -4.3 -0.9 -2.7 -5.3 -5.3
Paper & Pulp -1.8 1.8 -4.6 -3.0 -5.8 -1.9 -0.9 -0.3 -0.9 -1.1 -4.8 -0.8 -0.5 -3.9
Chemicals 1.1 4.5 -2.8 2.0 4.9 4.0 8.1 5.6 1.0 2.7 0.9 5.8 4.5 0.3
Ceramics -1.0 3.1 -0.9 -2.6 -0.4 -1.7 0.1 0.1 -3.1 -3.1 -4.1 -1.1 1.3 -4.0
Steel 1.4 3.9 -0.2 3.2 4.8 6.4 6.2 1.4 3.8 8.3 3.9 3.4 4.5 -0.4
Non-Ferrous Metals -0.3 3.5 1.6 0.3 1.0 2.6 5.1 4.5 3.5 1.1 -0.2 1.8 0.0 -2.2
Machinery 1.7 5.2 6.0 6.0 2.4 8.7 11.4 7.2 5.6 3.6 5.1 2.8 1.9 1.9
Large Industry Total 0.2 3.2 1.3 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 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		 719,151 1,647,667 7,233,853 2,231,541 436,170 3,303,887 1,238,697 668,460 1,846,085 19,325,511 188,928 19,514,439
Lighting
Total		 1,096,682 2,257,623 9,540,724 3,191,817 693,255 4,322,121 1,719,470 879,526 2,572,413 26,273,631 208,626 26,482,257
Commercial
Power		 503,221 1,060,710 3,966,753 1,304,807 280,671 1,747,905 681,910 337,484 1,120,556 11,004,017 129,573 11,133,590
Small
Industry		 330,604 1,016,255 2,772,050 1,696,582 345,181 1,539,507 601,372 298,893 953,038 9,553,482 53,112 9,606,594
Low
Voltage		 107,129 309,265 1,050,047 490,590 113,308 553,536 208,492 121,296 438,934 3,392,597 21,685 3,414,282
High
Voltage A		 223,475 706,990 1,722,004 1,205,992 231,873 985,971 392,880 177,597 514,104 6,160,886 31,427 6,192,313
Power Total 1,065,119 2,265,350 6,986,762 3,227,880 683,508 3,414,735 1,378,470 717,482 2,187,427 21,926,733 208,250 22,134,983
Lighting &
Power Total		 2,161,801 4,522,973 16,527,486 6,419,697 1,376,763 7,736,856 3,097,940 1,597,008 4,759,840 48,200,364 416,876 48,617,240
Extra High
Voltage		 658,964 2,384,428 9,065,660 4,442,607 952,398 4,358,407 1,936,694 710,460 2,050,432 26,560,050 73,364 26,633,414
Total
Electricity
Sales		 2,820,765 6,907,401 25,593,146 10,862,304 2,329,161 12,095,263 5,034,634 2,307,468 6,810,272 74,760,414 490,240 75,250,654
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) (100.4) (100.6) (100.4) (101.1) (103.3) (101.1)
Commercial
Power		 (101.4) (102.4) (102.9) (101.3) (103.5) (101.7) (103.1) (105.1) (102.9) (102.5) (103.8) (102.5)
Low
Voltage		 98.7 104.8 108.7 94.2 93.0 97.0 96.2 96.6 99.6 100.8 103.4 100.8
High
Voltage A		 (101.4) (100.5) (100.2) (99.3) (97.4) (99.5) (100.5) (98.1) (97.3) (99.6) (100.2) (99.6)
Small
Industry		 (100.5) (101.7) (103.3) (97.8) (95.9) (98.6) (99.0) (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) (100.5) (101.5) (102.3) (103.2) (99.7) (103.2)
Extra High
Voltage		 (102.8) (103.0) (99.4) (101.3) (105.7) (98.8) (102.6) (101.2) (103.8) (100.8) (91.9) (100.8)
Total
Electricity
Sales		 102.5 103.4 104.9 99.8 101.5 99.5 101.3 101.4 102.8 102.3 98.5 102.3
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)		 2,565,550 4,911,782 19,431,157 6,505,299 1,158,846 9,256,610 3,489,864 1,916,776 5,796,840 55,032,724 623,087 55,655,811
Commercial
Power (kW)		 1,660,349 3,890,372 15,403,698 5,289,669 1,207,566 7,212,543 2,804,016 1,582,665 4,815,755 43,866,633 667,158 44,533,791
Small
Industry (kW)		 2,682,927 7,713,920 22,081,476 12,538,197 2,636,862 12,709,101 4,886,533 2,905,408 8,067,338 76,221,762 611,060 76,832,822
Low
Voltage		 1,596,047 4,632,780 14,439,864 7,106,409 1,571,374 7,963,244 2,950,001 1,914,304 5,572,787 47,746,810 468,348 48,215,158
High
Voltage A		 1,086,880 3,081,140 7,641,612 5,431,788 1,065,488 4,745,857 1,936,532 991,104 2,494,551 28,474,952 142,712 28,617,664
Power Total
(kW)		 5,380,857 12,950,000 39,753,198 20,317,909 4,387,548 21,211,223 8,551,244 5,273,970 14,290,041 132,115,990 1,400,115 133,516,105
Lighting &
Power Total
(No. of
Contracts)		 3,849,228 7,681,849 27,716,815 10,329,271 2,008,965 13,209,873 5,207,919 2,874,792 8,298,790 81,177,502 783,280 81,960,782
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).

[February 2005 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 4,776 7,767 15,478 3,551 16,889 7,344 13,460 3,325 11,425 84,015 627 84,642
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 56,936 86,957 389,166 157,965 17,015 169,027 55,580 27,472 108,049 1,068,167 5,486 1,073,653
Textiles 0 10,678 8,995 54,466 66,321 47,790 14,835 12,233 13,742 229,060   229,060
Paper & Pulp 65,136 65,434 218,350 127,590 25,296 68,135 44,256 97,378 27,642 739,217 411 739,628
Chemicals 27,361 175,785 694,907 217,398 107,133 334,976 229,445 120,018 144,598 2,051,621 1,271 2,052,892
Oil/Coal 4,751 5,111 36,691 4,298 4,520 14,696 5,590 25,250 12,798 113,705 3,191 116,896
Rubber
Products		 76 22,641 76,040 74,477 1,829 36,539 25,069 2,921 37,724 277,316   277,316
Ceramics 9,719 65,811 220,596 197,327 34,256 189,378 64,691 2,025 86,228 870,031 5,610 875,641
Steel 65,464 240,219 632,702 514,051 66,554 607,279 448,862 79,827 179,812 2,834,770 11,288 2,846,058
Non-Ferrous
Metals		 0 218,249 339,983 120,791 58,053 146,188 112,199 0 73,608 1,069,071 624 1,069,695
Machinery 55,512 608,505 1,614,420 1,537,276 233,428 630,566 365,936 120,061 534,308 5,700,012   5,700,012
Others 34,536 170,330 809,883 394,486 119,653 366,036 93,269 40,156 120,809 2,149,158 1,593 2,150,751
Manufacturing
Total		 319,491 1,669,720 5,041,732 3,400,125 734,058 2,610,610 1,459,732 527,341 1,339,318 17,102,127 29,474 17,131,601
Mining & Manufacturing Total 324,267 1,677,487 5,057,211 3,403,676 750,947 2,617,954 1,473,192 530,666 1,350,743 17,186,143 30,101 17,216,244
Others Railways 34,496 128,938 538,097 219,599 24,948 375,346 96,168 8,439 83,473 1,509,504 687 1,510,191
Others 55,029 175,107 1,066,841 251,425 45,813 346,307 107,764 41,474 178,415 2,268,175 33,177 2,301,352
Others Total 89,525 304,045 1,604,938 471,024 70,761 721,653 203,932 49,913 261,888 3,777,679 33,864 3,811,543
Total 413,792 1,981,532 6,662,148 3,874,700 821,708 3,339,607 1,677,124 580,579 1,612,631 20,963,821 63,965 21,027,786
Year-
on-Year
Change
(%)		 Mining &
Manufacturing		 Mining 76.0 110.4 95.3 81.5 110.5 93.9 94.7 106.9 120.8 100.3 110.2 100.3
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 96.9 99.5 94.1 100.0 105.4 99.5 104.2 98.2 97.2 97.5 107.2 97.5
Textiles 0.0 80.1 96.0 93.9 92.7 101.8 100.7 97.1 89.2 94.7   94.7
Paper & Pulp 86.0 102.8 95.5 97.9 102.4 98.7 103.0 97.4 81.8 96.1 82.0 96.1
Chemicals 88.4 106.8 100.1 92.9 103.4 99.7 102.4 102.9 111.3 100.3 111.7 100.3
Oil/Coal 57.3 85.3 169.4 151.2 98.5 100.4 152.5 93.1 155.9 117.2 87.4 116.1
Rubber
Products		 92.7 86.8 97.4 97.4 104.2 101.7 89.3 86.2 90.8 95.2   95.2
Ceramics 105.9 95.0 92.3 103.9 99.5 98.9 103.5 59.9 81.0 96.1 90.4 96.0
Steel 102.9 103.7 95.8 101.2 125.2 95.7 103.8 95.1 101.9 99.7 90.2 99.6
Non-Ferrous
Metals		 0.0 100.5 92.2 92.1 98.4 106.0 101.1 0.0 107.0 97.8 107.4 97.8
Machinery 100.6 101.4 100.8 102.3 109.2 99.4 101.9 104.3 101.6 101.9   101.9
Others 97.7 100.6 101.3 98.3 101.5 100.4 97.4 103.6 101.7 100.4 116.3 100.4
Manufacturing
Total		 94.8 101.3 98.6 100.2 104.8 99.1 102.2 99.7 100.2 99.9 94.8 99.9
Mining & Manufacturing Total 94.4 101.4 98.5 100.2 104.9 99.1 102.2 99.8 100.4 99.9 95.1 99.9
Others Railways 104.6 101.6 99.3 101.5 99.0 100.8 98.8 100.2 107.1 100.7 102.4 100.7
Others 94.9 99.6 100.9 97.4 99.2 93.7 96.8 98.6 108.5 99.3 90.5 99.2
Others Total 98.4 100.4 100.3 99.3 99.1 97.3 97.8 98.9 108.0 99.9 90.7 99.8
Total 95.3 101.2 99.0 100.1 104.4 98.7 101.6 99.7 101.5 99.9 92.7 99.9
Note: Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.