1.Overview
Total electricity sales volume by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for the month of September 2006 came to about 7,933 million kWh, up about 2.5% from September 2005.
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(1)Customers Other Than Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Despite the lower temperature than last year, sales volume in September 2006 increased by 2.2% from September 2005 due to an increase in all-electric housing which stimulated residential demand 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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August |
September |
| Early |
Mid |
Late |
Ave. |
Early |
Mid |
Late |
Ave. |
| Actual |
29.8 |
28.8 |
28.0 |
28.8 |
26.2 |
23.5 |
22.4 |
24.0 |
| Compare to the previous year |
0.7 |
 0.2 |
1.3 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
3.1 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
| Compare to average |
1.9 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
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(2)Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Increased sales in main industries except pulps and papers brought sales volume up by 3.4% from the previous year. The sales volume has exceeded the previous year for 33 months in a row. |
2.Sales Volume by Sector/Use
|
Actual Sales
(thousand kWh) |
Changes from the previous year (%) |
Cumulative changes from FY2005 (%) |
Demand other than those under Liberalization |
Lightning |
2,579,827 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
| Power |
Low Voltage |
597,982 |
-5.4 |
-4.8 |
| Others |
65,810 |
-8.7 |
-6.6 |
| Total |
3,243,619 |
-0.4 |
1.3 |
Demand under Liberalization |
Business |
2,076,336 |
5.7 |
4.9 |
| Industrial |
2,613,145 |
3.9 |
4.8 |
| Total |
4,689,481 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
| Electricity Sales Total |
7,933,100 |
2.5 |
3.4 |
(Figures are included above) |
Customers other than large-scale industrial |
5,989,737 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
| Large-scale industrial customers |
1,943,363 |
3.4 |
6.1 |
(3)Breakdown of Large-Scale Industrial Sales
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Actual Sales
(thousand kWh) |
Changes from the previous year (%) |
Cumulative changes from FY2005 (%) |
| Machinery |
Electric |
519,181 |
2.8 |
5.1 |
| Transportation |
109,695 |
4.4 |
12.2 |
| Others |
44,913 |
7.6 |
11.1 |
| Total |
673,789 |
3.4 |
6.5 |
| Steel and Iron |
198,365 |
0.1 |
5.9 |
| Chemicals |
179,301 |
17.0 |
15.4 |
| Clay and Stone |
95,759 |
14.7 |
14.0 |
| (Cement) |
(52,898) |
10.9 |
8.9 |
| Foodstuffs |
164,568 |
5.9 |
8.4 |
| Pulps and Papers |
23,895 |
-28.9 |
-21.9 |
| Non-ferrous Metals |
98,202 |
10.7 |
11.7 |
| Others |
509,484 |
-1.0 |
1.5 |
| Total |
1,943,363 |
3.4 |
6.1 |
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This mark means acrobat data. 
