1. Overview
Total electricity sales volume by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for the month of December 2006 came to about 6,760 million kWh, up about 1.1% from December 2005.
| |
(1)Customers Other Than Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Sales volume in December 2006 decreased by 1.6% from December 2005 due to a decrease in air-conditioning demand as the temperature from the middle of November to December was higher than the previous year.
| Average temperature ( in Kyushu 7 prefectures) |
(  ) |
|
November |
December |
| Early |
Mid |
Late |
Ave. |
Early |
Mid |
Late |
Ave. |
| Actual |
17.2 |
14.1 |
14.4 |
15.2 |
10.3 |
10.1 |
8.8 |
9.7 |
| Compare to the previous year |
 0.2 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
2.5 |
5.4 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
| Compare to average |
1.5 |
0.4 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
(2)Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Increased sales in main industries except pulps and papers brought sales volume up by 7.8% from the previous year. The sales volume has exceeded the previous year for 36 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 |
2,331,984 |
2.6 |
1.3 |
| Power |
Low Voltage |
337,049 |
9.8 |
6.2 |
| Others |
82,136 |
11.6 |
6.3 |
| Total |
2,751,169 |
3.8 |
0.1 |
| Demand under Liberalization |
Business |
1,453,365 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
| Industrial |
2,555,789 |
5.5 |
4.7 |
| Total |
4,009,154 |
4.7 |
4.3 |
| Electricity Sales Total |
6,760,323 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
(Figures are included above) |
Customers other than large-scale industrial |
4,730,227 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
| Large-scale industrial customers |
2,030,096 |
7.8 |
6.5 |
3. Breakdown of Large-Scale Industrial Sales
| |
Actual Sales
(thousand kWh) |
Changes from the previous year (%) |
Cumulative changes from FY2005 (%) |
| Machinery |
Electric |
478,239 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
| Transportation |
106,662 |
10.4 |
12.6 |
| Others |
43,596 |
12.5 |
11.4 |
| Total |
626,497 |
5.9 |
6.2 |
| Steel and Iron |
265,481 |
19.3 |
9.0 |
| Chemicals |
209,346 |
6.7 |
12.8 |
| Clay and Stone |
127,927 |
15.5 |
12.8 |
| (Cement) |
(83,902) |
13.8 |
8.0 |
| Foodstuffs |
163,772 |
21.9 |
12.1 |
| Pulps and Papers |
29,953 |
25.4 |
25.3 |
| Non-ferrous Metals |
95,442 |
8.7 |
12.8 |
| Others |
511,678 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
| Total |
2,030,096 |
7.8 |
6.5 |
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This mark means acrobat data. 
