1.Overview
Total electricity sales volume by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for the month of October 2006 came to about 6,667 million kWh, down about 3.7% from October 2005.
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(1)Customers Other Than Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Sales volume in October 2006 decreased by 7.1% from October 2005 due to a decrease in air-conditioning demand as the temperature from September to the middle of October was lower than the previous year.
| Average temperature ( in Kyushu 7 prefectures) |
 |
|
September |
October |
| Early |
Mid |
Late |
Ave. |
Early |
Mid |
Late |
Ave. |
| Actual |
26.2 |
23.5 |
22.4 |
24.0 |
21.8 |
21.4 |
20.0 |
21.0 |
| Compare to the previous year |
 0.8 |
3.1 |
2.4 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
0.4 |
3.2 |
0.3 |
| Compare to average |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
(2)Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Increased sales in main industries except pulps and papers brought sales volume up by 5.3% from the previous year. The sales volume has exceeded the previous year for 34 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 |
1,926,404 |
8.2 |
1.5 |
| Power |
Low Voltage |
387,357 |
19.8 |
6.9 |
| Others |
68,384 |
1.7 |
6.0 |
| Total |
2,382,145 |
10.1 |
0.2 |
Demand under Liberalization |
Business |
1,691,656 |
2.4 |
3.8 |
| Industrial |
2,592,976 |
2.2 |
4.4 |
| Total |
4,284,632 |
0.3 |
4.2 |
| Electricity Sales Total |
6,666,777 |
3.7 |
2.4 |
(Figures are included above) |
Customers other than large-scale industrial |
4,631,612 |
7.1 |
1.1 |
| Large-scale industrial customers |
2,035,165 |
5.3 |
6.0 |
(3)Breakdown of Large-Scale Industrial Sales
|
Actual Sales
(thousand kWh) |
Changes from the previous year (%) |
Cumulative changes from FY2005 (%) |
| Machinery |
Electric |
518,870 |
3.8 |
4.9 |
| Transportation |
108,639 |
12.9 |
12.3 |
| Others |
45,569 |
12.1 |
11.2 |
| Total |
673,078 |
5.7 |
6.4 |
| Steel and Iron |
222,980 |
2.5 |
5.4 |
| Chemicals |
212,660 |
9.6 |
14.4 |
| Clay and Stone |
115,517 |
9.3 |
13.2 |
| (Cement) |
(70,918) |
3.0 |
7.9 |
| Foodstuffs |
170,979 |
15.6 |
9.5 |
| Pulps and Papers |
25,140 |
39.2 |
24.7 |
| Non-ferrous Metals |
100,163 |
16.0 |
12.4 |
| Others |
514,648 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
| Total |
2,035,165 |
5.3 |
6.0 |
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This mark means acrobat data. 
