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.
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(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.
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Average temperature ( in Kyushu 7 prefectures)
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(  )
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November
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December
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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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17.2
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14.1
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14.4
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15.2
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10.3
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10.1
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8.8
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9.7
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Compare to the previous year
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 0.2
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0.3
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2.5
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0.8
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2.5
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5.4
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3.4
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3.7
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Compare to average
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1.5
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0.4
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3.0
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1.6
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0.5
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1.5
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1.1
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1.0
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(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.
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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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2,331,984
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2.6
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1.3
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Power
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Low Voltage
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337,049
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9.8
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6.2
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Others
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82,136
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11.6
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6.3
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Total
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2,751,169
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3.8
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0.1
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Demand under Liberalization
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Business
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1,453,365
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3.3
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3.8
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Industrial
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2,555,789
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5.5
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4.7
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Total
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4,009,154
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4.7
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4.3
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Electricity Sales Total
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6,760,323
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1.1
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2.5
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(Figures are included above)
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Customers other than large-scale industrial
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4,730,227
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1.6
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1.0
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Large-scale industrial customers
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2,030,096
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7.8
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6.5
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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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478,239
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4.4
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4.6
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Transportation
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106,662
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10.4
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12.6
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Others
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43,596
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12.5
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11.4
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Total
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626,497
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5.9
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6.2
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Steel and Iron
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265,481
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19.3
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9.0
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Chemicals
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209,346
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6.7
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12.8
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Clay and Stone
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127,927
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15.5
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12.8
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(Cement)
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(83,902)
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13.8
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8.0
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Foodstuffs
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163,772
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21.9
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12.1
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Pulps and Papers
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29,953
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25.4
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25.3
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Non-ferrous Metals
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95,442
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8.7
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12.8
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Others
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511,678
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2.4
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2.0
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Total
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2,030,096
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7.8
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6.5
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This mark means acrobat data. 
