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.
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(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.
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Average temperature ( in Kyushu 7 prefectures) |
( ℃ ) |
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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 |
0.1 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
Compare to average |
0.7 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.9 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
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(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
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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
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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 |
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