PDF fileThis mark means acrobat data. Adobe ReaderGet ADOBE READER opens in a new window

Press Releace
September 27, 2006
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Actual Electricity Sales Volume in August 2006
1.Overview

Total electricity sales volume by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for the month of August 2006 came to about 840,290 million kWh, up about 5.3% from August 2005.

  (1)Customers Other Than Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Sales volume increased by 4.7% from August 2005 due to an increase in air-conditioning demand as the temperature in August was higher than previous year and also due to an increase in demand from newly developed industrial and commercial customers in business sector.

 
Average temperature ( in Kyushu 7 prefectures)
( ℃ )
July August
Early Mid Late Ave. Early Mid Late Ave.
Actual 26.4 28.9 27.5 27.6 29.8 28.8 28.0 28.8
Compare to the last year minus0.1 1.3 minus1.0 0.0 0.7 minus0.2 1.3 0.6
Compare to average 0.7 1.8 minus0.3 0.7 1.9 1.1 0.9 1.3
 
(2)Large-Scale Industrial Customers

Increased sales in main industries except pulps and papers brought sales volume up by 7.1% from the previous year. The sales volume has exceeded previous year for 32 months in a row.

2.Sales Volume by Sector/Use
Unit: thousand kWh,%

Actual Sales

Compare to the last year
(Last year =100)

Cumulative sales for FY2006 compare to FY2005
(FY2005=100)

Demand other than those under Liberalization

Lightning
2,865,047 106.3 103.4
Power Low Voltage 687,279 100.4 95.3
Others 68,443 95.2 93.7
Total 3,620,769 104.9 101.7

Demand under Liberalization
Business 2,127,912 106.2 104.7
Industrial 2,680,649 105.2 105.0
Total 4,808,561 105.6 104.9
Electricity Sales Total 8,429,330 105.3 103.6

(Figures are included above)
Customers other than large-scale industrial

6,405,024

104.7

102.4
Large-scale industrial customers 2,024,306 107.1 106.6

(3)Breakdown of Large-Scale Industrial Sales
Unit: thousand kWh,%
Actual Sales
Compare to the last year
(Last year =100)
Cumulative sales for FY2006 compare to FY2005
(FY2005=100)
Machinery Electric 552,230 106.5 105.5
Transportation 109,071 114.9 114.0
Others 45,592 113.7 111.8
Total 806,893 108.2 107.2
Steel and Iron 204,648 104.5 107.0
Chemicals 182,172 118.2 115.1
Clay and Stone 87,972 109.9 113.8
(Cement) (46,072) 96.3 108.6
Foodstuffs 178,557 111.0 109.0
Pulps and Papers 22,790 71.2 79.5
Non-ferrous Metals 101,475 115.4 112.0
Others 539,799 102.8 102.0
Total 2,024,306 107.1 106.6
back to page top
Copyright (c) KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. All Rights Reserved.