Reference 1

Summer 2000 Electric Power Supply

September 14, 2000
Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC)

1. Peak Temperature Trends (average, July-August)

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Torrid Days & Nights Summer 2000 vs. Average Year by Region

(Unit: days, C)

July
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July/August
Tornd days
Tornd nights
early
mid
late
month
early
mid
late
month
Sapporo
1.7
2.0
1.5
1.7
1.4
2.4
3.0
2.2
2.0
10
(2.9)
0
(-0.1)
Sendai
3.8
3.4
1.3
2.8
1.4
0.6
2.2
1.4
2.1
27
(11.9)
0
(-0.4)
Tokyo
4.0
3.4
1.3
2.8
2.1
-0.4
2.6
1.5
2.2
53
(17.1)
35
(18.5)
Nagoya
4.1
3.8
0.5
2.7
1.2
2.8
4.0
2.7
2.8
57
(13.8)
28
(20.2)
Toyama
2.5
3.4
2.8
2.9
2.1
1.5
4.4
2.7
2.9
50
(19.2)
10
(7.2)
Osaka
2.8
2.3
0.6
1.8
2.0
1.7
3.1
2.3
2.1
60
(10.4)
51
(25.6)
Hiroshima
3.1
0.8
-0.5
1.1
0.1
1.1
1.9
1.1
1.1
56
(9.7)
28
(2.5)
Takamatsu
3.3
3.5
2.9
3.2
1.5
2.2
3.8
2.5
2.9
62
(18.1)
29
(22.3)
Fukuoka
1.7
2.1
1.5
1.8
0.4
0.3
2.2
1.0
1.4
53
(8.9)
45
(23.7)
Naha
-0.2
0.1
-0.8
-0.3
-2.3
0.9
0.2
-0.3
-0.3
45
(-5.2)
48
(-2.7)
Note: Shaded areas indicate an average temperature difference of 1C or more.

2. Summer 2000 Peak Load and Daily Totals

Company
Peak Load
Best Record (date)
Ratio
Daily Peak Load
Best Record
Ratio
(compared to last year)
Hokkaido

#

482

(2)

(8/1

35.9q-)

('99/8/9)

474

101.8

#

9,574

(1)

(8/1)

('99/8/10)

9,397

101.9
Tohoku

*

1,470

(1)

(8/1

30.8q-)

('99/8/4)

1,443

101.9

*

27,261

(1)

(8/1)

('99/8/6)

26,827

101.6
Tokyo

5,924

(8/3

33.9q-)

('96/7/18)

5,940

99.7

*

109,181

(2)

(8/3)

('96/7/18)

107,752

101.3
Chubu

2,636

(8/22

37.9q-)

('98/8/4)

2,639

99.9

*

47,605

(2)

(8/22)

('98/8/4)

47,210

100.8
Hokuriku

*

548

(4)

(9/1

36.7q-)

('99/8/4)

528

103.8

*

10,250

(3)

(9/1)

('99/8/4)

9,711

105.5
Kansai

3,106

(7/21

35.5q-)

('96/8/2)

3,223

96.4

57.399

(7/21)

('98/8/4)

57,927

99.1
Chugoku

*

1,129

(1)

(7/21

34.4q-)

('96/8/2)

1,127

100.2

*

20,998

(1)

(7/21)

('98/8/4)

20,389

103.0
Shikoku

561

(8/25

34.3q-)

('98/8/7)

580

96.9

10,443

(7/21)

('98/8/7)

10,573

98.8
Kyushu

1,599

(7/21

35.1q-)

('98/8/6)

1,612

99.2

29,848

(7/21)

('98/8/7)

29,863

100.0
Okinawa

*

141

(1)

(6/30

32.2q-)

('98/7/15)

141

100.2

2,761

(8/18)

('98/8/21)

2,852

96.8
Total

*

(8/25)

17,307

(1)

('95/8/25)

17,113

101.1

*

316,348

(4)

(8/25)

('99/8/4)

309,888

102.1

Note 1:

* indicates newly established record # indicates renewed summer record ( ) indicates the number of renewed records

Note 2:

Peak Load and Daily Total figures are based on bulletin figures (small outer islands excluded)

Note 3:

Temperatures shown in Peak load section are for cities where each electric power company's head office is located

3. Summer 2000 Peak Load and Daily Total Trends (total across 10 companies)

(Reference)

Total of Load Sensitivity to Temperatures across the 10 power companies (based on weekday data for July and August; estimated at 5.0mkW/C (an increase of approx. 0.1mkW/C over the previous year)

4. Power Line Accidents Caused by Thunderstorms