1. Overview
Total electricity sales volume by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for the month of February 2007 came to about 7,038 million kWh, up about 0.6% from February 2006.
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(1)Customers Other Than Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Sales volume in February 2007 decreased by 1.8% from February 2006 due to a decrease in air-conditioning demand as the temperature from January to February 2007 was higher than the previous year while the business demand increased due to openings of commercial facilities.
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Average temperature ( in Kyushu 7 prefectures)
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(  )
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January
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February
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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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8.3
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7.5
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7.6
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7.8
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9.4
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9.9
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10.9
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10.0
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Compare to the previous year
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3.2
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 1.3
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0.2
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0.7
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3.5
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1.0
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0.2
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1.7
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Compare to average
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1.1
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1.0
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1.5
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1.3
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3.0
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2.4
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3.0
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2.8
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(2)Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Increased sales in main industries except pulps and papers brought sales volume up by 8.1% from the previous year. The sales volume has exceeded the previous year for 38 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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2,561,668
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3.1
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0.0
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Power
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Low Voltage
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391,358
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7.8
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7.0
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Others
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90,047
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9.5
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7.3
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Total
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3,043,073
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3.9
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1.4
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Demand under Liberalization
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Business
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1,608,051
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2.5
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3.0
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Industrial
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2,386,714
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5.8
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4.8
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Total
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3,994,765
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4.5
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4.1
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Electricity Sales Total
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7,037,838
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0.6
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1.8
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(Figures are included above)
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Customers other than large-scale industrial
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5,188,261
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1.8
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0.0
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Large-scale industrial customers
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1,849,577
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8.1
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6.6
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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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445,147
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4.6
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4.5
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Transportation
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103,749
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10.4
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12.3
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Others
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42,991
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15.7
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11.8
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Total
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591,887
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6.3
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6.1
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Steel and Iron
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237,624
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23.5
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10.9
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Chemicals
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184,115
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3.2
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11.1
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Clay and Stone
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112,564
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11.7
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13.0
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(Cement)
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(68,867)
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6.1
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8.5
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Foodstuffs
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142,872
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20.8
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13.5
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Pulps and Papers
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22,632
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19.4
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25.2
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Non-ferrous Metals
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87,904
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7.0
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11.8
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Others
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469,979
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3.6
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2.1
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Total
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1,849,577
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8.1
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6.6
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This mark means acrobat data. 
