Electricity Demand in March 2005(Confirmed Report)

2005/4/28
FEPC

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

Total demand in March was up 4.5% on last year to 73.2 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

Demand Excluding Extra High Voltage Demand

Commercial and lighting demand posted increases of 3.1% and 8.9% respectively. The increases were due to increased demand for heating caused by lower temperatures in the latter parts of February and 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 March was up for the first time in 2 months increasing by 1.7%. The rise was due to firm performance in all sectors except the textiles and the ceramics sectors. Performance in the chemicals sector was particularly good.

[March 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 -1.3 7.6 10.3 7.7 8.2 9.5 10.8 6.1 10.7 8.9 10.7 8.9
Power (0.4) (2.7) (2.3) (-0.8) (2.5) (1.2) (3.1) (2.6) (2.9) (1.7) (2.1) (1.8)
Lighting &
Power
Total
(-0.5) (5.2) (6.7) (3.3) (5.3) (5.8) (7.3) (4.4) (7.1) (5.6) (6.4) (5.6)
Extra High
Voltage Demand
(6.8) (10.0) (-0.5) (3.2) (8.6) (1.2) (4.7) (4.3) (6.2) (2.8) (-7.5) (2.8)
Total Electricity
Sales
1.3 7.0 3.8 3.3 6.7 3.9 6.2 4.4 6.8 4.5 3.8 4.5
(Large Industry) 1.2 3.1 -0.7 2.0 7.5 1.1 4.2 3.5 4.1 1.7 -5.6 1.7
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 Mar. 2004 Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2005 Feb. Mar.
Demand
excl.
Extra
High
Voltage
Demand
Lighting Total -1.4 -0.2 5.3 0.1 2.6 17.8 13.4 3.2 2.2 0.0 2.6 -0.3 4.9 8.9
Commercial
Power
0.2 2.4 (0.6) (1.3) (5.0) (12.6) (15.9) (1.8) (3.3) (2.2) (-0.4) (0.7) (2.5) (3.1)
Small
Industry
Low
Voltage
-7.0 -4.3 2.4 -1.9 5.3 28.0 18.8 0.4 2.5 -3.2 -0.4 -5.0 0.8 7.0
High
Voltage A
1.2 4.1 (1.5) (-0.0) (3.2) (6.8) (7.8) (1.0) (-0.0) (-0.0) (-1.0) (-2.0) (-0.4) (-3.3)
Total -1.8 1.1 (1.8) (-0.6) (3.9) (14.4) (12.3) (0.8) (0.8) (-1.0) (-0.8) (-3.2) (0.0) (0.1)
Power Total -0.8 1.7 (1.0) (-0.1) (3.8) (12.8) (13.4) (1.2) (1.8) (0.2) (-0.7) (-1.3) (1.1) (1.8)
Lighting & Power
Total
-1.1 0.9 (3.2) (0.0) (3.2) (15.2) (13.4) (2.2) (2.0) (0.1) (1.0) (-0.7) (3.2) (5.6)
Extra High Voltage Demand -0.3 0.4 (2.0) (1.3) (4.6) (8.8) (5.0) (2.9) (2.8) (2.6) (2.0) (2.3) (0.8) (2.8)
Total Electricity Sales -0.9 0.7 2.7 0.6 3.8 12.5 10.2 2.5 2.3 1.2 1.4 0.3 2.3 4.5
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 Mar. 2004 Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2005 Feb. Mar.
Textiles -7.8 -3.6 -3.7 -5.6 0.9 0.5 -1.2 -1.8 -4.3 -0.9 -2.7 -5.3 -5.3 -3.7
Paper & Pulp -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 1.3
Chemicals 1.1 -2.8 2.0 4.9 4.0 8.1 5.6 1.0 2.7 0.9 5.8 4.5 0.3 4.7
Ceramics -1.0 -0.9 -2.6 -0.4 -1.7 0.1 0.1 -3.1 -3.1 -4.1 -1.1 1.3 -4.0 -2.1
Steel 1.4 -0.2 3.2 4.8 6.4 6.2 1.4 3.8 8.3 3.9 3.4 4.5 -0.4 0.5
Non-Ferrous Metals -0.3 1.6 0.3 1.0 2.6 5.1 4.5 3.5 1.1 -0.2 1.8 0.0 -2.2 0.7
Machinery 1.7 6.0 6.0 2.4 8.7 11.4 7.2 5.6 3.6 5.1 2.8 1.9 1.9 3.4
Large Industry Total 0.2 1.3 2.2 1.3 4.6 7.6 4.5 2.8 2.3 2.3 1.8 1.6 -0.1 1.7

[March 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
666,168 1,745,559 6,317,242 2,091,480 444,037 3,098,219 1,152,428 620,249 1,766,323 17,901,705 191,804 18,093,509
Lighting
Total
1,009,887 2,381,286 8,362,084 3,000,530 706,960 4,068,767 1,607,419 819,865 2,469,244 24,426,042 210,550 24,636,592
Commercial
Power
462,788 967,158 3,519,899 1,149,834 285,271 1,544,355 613,246 342,563 999,430 9,884,544 122,734 10,007,278
Small
Industry
310,509 968,889 2,459,352 1,534,402 359,964 1,403,170 561,384 307,739 892,666 8,798,075 52,460 8,850,535
Low
Voltage
102,660 319,406 911,494 453,668 111,396 514,005 193,248 111,972 414,179 3,132,028 22,318 3,154,346
High
Voltage A
207,849 649,483 1,547,859 1,080,734 248,568 889,165 368,136 195,767 478,487 5,666,048 30,142 5,696,190
Power Total 978,739 2,113,233 6,200,709 2,908,682 696,618 3,081,068 1,265,810 728,880 2,015,975 19,989,714 198,705 20,188,419
Lighting &
Power Total
1,988,626 4,494,519 14,562,793 5,909,212 1,403,578 7,149,835 2,873,229 1,548,745 4,485,219 44,415,756 409,255 44,825,011
Extra High
Voltage
681,754 2,666,003 9,336,562 4,817,745 1,027,824 4,731,602 2,050,511 771,324 2,240,083 28,323,408 79,913 28,403,321
Total
Electricity
Sales
2,670,380 7,160,522 23,899,355 10,726,957 2,431,402 11,881,437 4,923,740 2,320,069 6,725,302 72,739,164 489,168 73,228,332
Year-on-
Year
Change
(%)
Lighting 98.7 107.6 110.3 107.7 108.2 109.5 110.8 106.1 110.7 108.9 110.7 108.9
Power (100.4) (102.7) (102.3) (99.2) (102.5) (101.2) (103.1) (102.6) (102.9) (101.7) (102.1) (101.8)
Commercial
Power
(98.6) (102.2) (103.8) (100.9) (106.2) (102.1) (105.2) (105.8) (104.9) (103.1) (103.2) (103.1)
Low
Voltage
95.6 108.6 108.1 104.2 103.5 107.9 109.6 103.1 109.8 107.0 100.0 107.0
High
Voltage A
(96.5) (97.5) (97.1) (95.7) (98.6) (96.0) (98.3) (99.5) (94.7) (96.7) (96.9) (96.7)
Small
Industry
(96.2) (100.9) (100.9) (98.1) (100.1) (100.0) (101.9) (100.8) (101.2) (100.2) (98.2) (100.1)
Lighting &
Power Total
(99.5) (105.2) (106.7) (103.3) (105.3) (105.8) (107.3) (104.4) (107.1) (105.6) (106.4) (105.6)
Extra High
Voltage
(106.8) (110.0) (99.5) (103.2) (108.6) (101.2) (104.7) (104.3) (106.2) (102.8) (92.5) (102.8)
Total
Electricity
Sales
101.3 107.0 103.8 103.3 106.7 103.9 106.2 104.4 106.8 104.5 103.8 104.5
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)
2,589,280 4,907,396 19,432,442 6,513,242 1,157,488 9,203,637 3,485,876 1,914,416 5,785,678 54,989,455 624,052 55,613,507
Commercial
Power (kW)
1,662,389 3,896,499 15,430,043 5,288,140 1,208,701 7,207,897 2,813,600 1,582,236 4,826,456 43,915,961 667,863 44,583,824
Small
Industry (kW)
2,683,061 7,701,629 22,071,874 12,516,179 2,633,003 12,686,780 4,880,271 2,898,108 8,060,900 76,131,805 610,841 76,742,646
Low
Voltage
1,595,761 4,624,951 14,434,087 7,092,155 1,569,753 7,951,667 2,945,596 1,910,493 5,569,783 47,694,246 468,373 48,162,619
High
Voltage A
1,087,300 3,076,678 7,637,787 5,424,024 1,063,250 4,735,113 1,934,675 987,615 2,491,117 28,437,559 142,468 28,580,027
Power Total
(kW)
5,385,963 12,898,368 39,751,900 20,288,747 4,319,747 21,161,822 8,554,557 5,268,036 14,296,245 131,925,385 1,399,781 133,325,166
Lighting &
Power Total
(No. of
Contracts)
3,873,983 7,672,967 27,719,529 10,337,578 2,004,238 13,155,600 5,206,272 2,872,963 8,291,184 81,134,314 784,250 81,918,564
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).

[March 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 6,390 8,612 15,923 4,071 14,047 8,477 14,942 3,786 12,592 88,840 603 89,443
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 63,722 96,554 404,939 179,150 18,800 190,196 61,833 30,948 121,883 1,168,025 5,265 1,173,290
Textiles 0 11,163 8,572 59,358 73,045 51,639 16,569 13,159 14,401 247,906   247,906
Paper & Pulp 70,778 75,047 234,676 139,818 29,991 74,511 50,693 104,930 32,232 812,676 456 813,132
Chemicals 31,532 178,376 757,200 243,928 112,776 367,216 235,157 132,311 166,313 2,224,809 1,067 2,225,876
Oil/Coal 172 10,491 25,989 3,902 5,044 16,551 8,773 27,173 14,185 112,280 3,643 115,923
Rubber
Products
86 24,973 80,086 81,643 1,915 39,976 26,478 3,115 40,856 299,128   299,128
Ceramics 9,005 69,764 230,450 210,278 37,645 203,087 68,812 2,031 86,174 917,246 5,548 922,794
Steel 73,417 246,740 671,803 562,801 72,789 657,737 487,614 89,488 218,867 3,081,256 12,754 3,094,010
Non-Ferrous
Metals
0 234,437 366,381 124,262 61,800 159,671 120,796 0 82,270 1,149,617 627 1,150,244
Machinery 61,251 663,207 1,672,477 1,673,292 260,983 685,632 401,690 129,974 585,343 6,133,849   6,133,849
Others 38,336 186,748 828,788 429,573 130,139 399,619 101,055 43,580 128,746 2,286,584 893 2,287,477
Manufacturing
Total
348,299 1,797,500 5,281,361 3,708,005 804,927 2,845,835 1,579,470 576,709 1,491,270 18,433,376 30,253 18,463,629
Mining & Manufacturing Total 354,689 1,806,112 5,297,284 3,712,076 818,974 2,854,312 1,594,412 580,495 1,503,862 18,522,216 30,856 18,553,072
Others Railways 35,582 131,733 584,539 243,143 25,227 404,401 105,307 8,958 87,815 1,626,705 637 1,627,342
Others 59,630 188,816 1,083,660 259,860 48,255 378,500 111,991 43,917 187,271 2,361,900 34,785 2,396,685
Others Total 95,212 320,549 1,668,200 503,003 73,482 782,901 217,298 52,875 275,086 3,988,606 35,422 4,024,028
Total 449,901 2,126,661 6,965,484 4,215,079 892,456 3,637,213 1,811,710 633,370 1,778,948 22,510,822 66,278 22,577,100
Year-
on-Year
Change
(%)
Mining &
Manufacturing
Mining 117.0 103.1 95.6 89.4 131.1 99.9 95.6 107.4 125.9 106.5 95.7 106.5
Manufacturing Foodstuffs 96.5 100.5 93.9 102.3 104.9 103.8 105.6 100.2 99.6 98.8 109.5 98.9
Textiles 0.0 79.9 91.2 96.1 95.1 104.5 99.2 99.3 89.9 96.3   96.3
Paper & Pulp 101.0 108.8 98.6 101.1 111.5 99.3 109.6 100.8 92.4 101.3 108.3 101.3
Chemicals 106.6 112.4 102.6 97.8 107.6 102.7 112.2 111.3 115.2 104.7 94.3 104.7
Oil/Coal 5.9 171.2 108.7 117.7 102.5 101.2 107.8 99.4 155.1 109.9 81.6 108.7
Rubber
Products
93.5 90.2 97.5 101.0 100.1 103.4 89.6 86.7 92.6 97.0   97.0
Ceramics 108.1 94.9 94.6 105.5 101.2 96.8 109.3 71.9 86.9 97.9 90.8 97.9
Steel 106.4 99.9 92.7 104.4 126.0 99.6 103.3 98.4 107.2 100.5 100.4 100.5
Non-Ferrous
Metals
0.0 105.3 94.8 90.5 99.4 110.4 107.0 0.0 109.5 100.7 108.3 100.7
Machinery 103.8 103.1 101.9 102.9 113.5 101.6 103.8 104.4 104.0 103.4   103.4
Others 96.4 101.3 100.8 101.1 102.6 101.0 98.2 103.8 102.1 101.0 102.8 101.0
Manufacturing
Total
101.0 103.2 98.9 102.0 107.7 101.5 104.8 103.3 103.7 101.7 97.3 101.7
Mining & Manufacturing Total 101.3 103.2 98.8 102.0 108.0 101.5 104.7 103.3 103.8 101.8 97.3 101.7
Others Railways 103.4 104.5 102.1 105.9 102.2 103.1 102.3 102.3 104.2 103.2 102.1 103.2
Others 99.8 101.9 100.4 99.2 101.1 96.8 98.8 105.5 106.1 100.2 91.8 100.1
Others Total 101.1 102.9 101.0 102.3 101.5 100.0 100.5 104.9 105.5 101.4 92.0 101.3
Total 101.2 103.1 99.3 102.0 107.5 101.1 104.2 103.5 104.1 101.7 94.4 101.7
Note: Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.