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