Electricity Demand in March 2004 (Bulletin)

2004/4/16
FEPC

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

Total demand in March was up 0.7% to 70.1 billion kWh across the 10 companies.

Demand Excluding Extra High Voltage Demand

Relatively warm weather from mid February to the end of March depressed demand for heating, resulting in a decline of 0.2% in lighting demand. Commercial demand, on the other hand, despite depressed demand for heating due to higher temperatures, was aided by the extra leap-year day in February and posted a rise of 2.4 %.

Bulletin of Total Demand across the 10 Companies

(Unit : Million kWh, %)
  This month
(March)		 Results for past 3 months
February January December
Volume Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand		 Lighting 22,618 25,239 28,844 20,800
Power 29,376 31,184 30,073 28,045
Lighting and Power Total 51,994 56,423 58,917 48,845
Extra High Voltage Demand 18,093 17,120 17,234 17,567
Total of Electricity Sales 70,087 73,543 76,151 66,412
(Large industry) (22,206) (21,058) (20,949) (21,478)
Change
on
last
year		 Demand excluding
Extra High
Voltage Demand		 Lighting 99.8 101.3 96.8 96.4
Power 101.7 101.3 98.8 97.4
Lighting and Power Total 100.9 101.3 97.8 97.0
Extra High Voltage Demand 100.4 103.1 99.7 99.1
Total of Electricity Sales 100.7 101.7 98.2 97.5
(Large industry) (101.3) (103.2) (100.4) (99.6)
Note:  
1. Parentheses indicate itemized breakdown of included subtotals.
2. Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.

(Reference) Large Industrial Demand

Large industrial user demand in March was up for the third consecutive month, increasing by 1.3%.

The rise was due to firm performance in the machinery sector.

(Reference)
10 Company's Total Demand of Large Industry Customers by Sector (Bulletin)

(Unit : Million kWh, %)
  This month (March) Past three months
Power Volume Change on last year February January December
Textiles 258 96.7 95.2 93.6 92.5
Paper & Pulp 801 95.2 101.8 97.9 97.2
Chemicals 2,126 97.2 104.5 100.4 99.5
Ceramics 942 99.0 103.1 99.4 96.8
Steel 3,079 99.8 103.9 98.7 98.4
Non-ferrous 1,144 101.8 103.5 100.3 98.0
Machinery 5,935 106.0 105.2 103.0 102.0

(Reference)
Increase in Demand from Large Industry across the 10 Companies

(Unit : %)
  Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
FY1994 -2.0 -1.1 0.7 5.8 7.7 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.9 4.3 6.0 5.9
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

Demand for March 2004 (Bulletin)

(Unit : Million kWh, %)
  March
Hokkaido Tohoku Tokyo Chubu Hokuriku Kansai Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu 9 companies Okinawa 10 companies
Results
(A)		 Lighting 1,024 2,213 7,585 2,786 653 3,714 1,451 772 2,230 22,428 190 22,618
Power 1,287 3,006 9,234 4,634 1,091 4,362 1,799 1,034 2,660 29,107 269 29,376
(Commercial Power) 599 1,220 4,700 1,538 364 2,056 746 431 1,238 12,892 153 13,045
(Small industry) 323 975 2,437 1,564 360 1,403 558 309 882 8,811 53 8,864
Lighting and Power Total 2,311 5,219 16,819 7,420 1,744 8,076 3,250 1,806 4,890 51,535 459 51,994
Extra High Voltage Demand 326 1,476 6,210 2,968 535 3,356 1,386 416 1,408 18,081 12 18,093
Total of Electricity Sales 2,637 6,695 23,029 10,388 2,279 11,432 4,636 2,222 6,298 69,616 471 70,087
(Large industry) 445 2,062 7,009 4,131 831 3,597 1,740 612 1,709 22,136 70 22,206
Change on
Previous year
(A)/(B)		 Lighting 104.1 104.7 98.3 98.9 106.9 96.4 98.4 100.3 103.5 99.7 104.2 99.8
Power 103.1 104.2 100.1 102.1 102.9 100.9 101.5 101.2 104.4 101.7 106.7 101.7
(Commercial Power) 105.1 104.4 100.4 102.9 101.2 102.5 103.5 101.5 106.2 102.4 106.0 102.4
(Small industry) 102.1 104.9 99.3 101.8 103.7 98.9 100.6 100.0 103.5 101.1 105.1 101.1
Lighting and Power Total 103.5 104.4 99.3 100.9 104.4 98.8 100.1 100.8 104.0 100.8 105.7 100.9
Extra High Voltage Demand 96.1 101.9 98.7 103.7 105.3 100.5 97.5 101.4 100.8 100.4 115.9 100.4
Total of Electricity Sales 102.5 103.9 99.1 101.7 104.6 99.3 99.3 101.0 103.2 100.7 105.9 100.7
(Large industry) 93.9 102.1 100.7 103.6 104.4 101.3 98.2 101.4 100.9 101.3 111.6 101.3
Last year's
results
(B)		 Lighting 984 2,114 7,712 2,819 611 3,853 1,474 770 2,154 22,490 182 22,673
Power 1,249 2,884 9,228 4,537 1,061 4,324 1,772 1,021 2,549 28,626 252 28,877
(Commercial Power) 570 1,168 4,683 1,494 360 2,005 721 424 1,166 12,593 144 12,737
(Small industry) 316 929 2,454 1,536 347 1,418 554 309 852 8,715 51 8,766
Lighting and Power Total 2,233 4,998 16,940 7,356 1,672 8,177 3,246 1,791 4,703 51,116 434 51,550
Extra High Voltage Demand 339 1,448 6,292 2,861 508 3,340 1,422 410 1,397 18,017 11 18,028
Total of Electricity Sales 2,572 6,446 23,232 10,217 2,180 11,517 4,668 2,201 6,100 69,133 445 69,578
(Large industry) 473 2,020 6,959 3,986 796 3,551 1,771 604 1,694 21,853 63 21,916
(10 companies in the past 3 months)
February January December
25,239 28,844 20,800
31,184 30,073 28,045
14,216 13,541 12,573
9,628 9,248 8,477
56,423 58,917 48,845
17,120 17,234 17,567
73,543 76,151 66,412
21,058 20,949 21,478
101.3 96.8 96.4
101.3 98.8 97.4
102.0 100.0 98.0
100.9 98.0 96.6
101.3 97.8 97.0
103.1 99.7 99.1
101.7 98.2 97.5
103.2 100.4 99.6
24,923 29,813 21,584
30,792 30,432 28,792
13,933 13,538 12,824
9,545 9,435 8,775
55,715 60,245 50,376
16,613 17,279 17,728
72,328 77,524 68,104
20,405 20,873 21,574
Note:  
1. As this is a bulletin, some figures are estimates.
2. Parentheses indicate itemized breakdown of included subtotals.
3. Sum of individual entries may not match reported totals exactly due to rounding.