1. Overview
Total electricity sales volume by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for the month of January 2007 came to about 7,565 million kWh, down about 2.8% from January 2006.
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(1)Customers Other Than Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Sales volume in January 2007 decreased by 5.7% from January 2006 due to a decrease in air-conditioning demand as the temperature from December 2006 to early January 2007 was higher than the previous year.
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Average temperature ( in Kyushu 7 prefectures)
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(  )
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December
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January
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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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10.3
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10.1
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8.8
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9.7
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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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Compare to the previous year
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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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3.2
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 1.3
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0.2
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0.7
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Compare to average
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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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1.1
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1.0
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1.5
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1.3
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(2)Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Increased sales in main industries except pulps and papers brought sales volume up by 6.8% from the previous year. The sales volume has exceeded the previous year for 37 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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2,971,314
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6.1
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0.3
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Power
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Low Voltage
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429,859
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13.0
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7.0
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Others
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101,940
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12.2
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7.1
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Total
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3,503,113
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7.2
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1.1
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Demand under Liberalization
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Business
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1,583,783
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3.1
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3.1
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Industrial
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2,477,785
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4.4
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4.7
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Total
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4,061,568
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1.4
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4.0
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Electricity Sales Total
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7,564,681
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2.8
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1.9
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(Figures are included above)
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Customers other than large-scale industrial
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5,611,736
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5.7
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0.2
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Large-scale industrial customers
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1,952,945
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6.8
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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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462,833
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2.9
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4.5
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Transportation
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101,279
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11.6
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12.5
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Others
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42,051
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11.9
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11.5
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Total
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606,163
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4.9
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6.1
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Steel and Iron
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254,374
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16.5
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9.8
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Chemicals
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210,100
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5.2
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11.9
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Clay and Stone
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120,580
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15.6
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13.1
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(Cement)
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(77,680)
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14.1
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8.7
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Foodstuffs
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147,842
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21.4
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12.9
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Pulps and Papers
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25,557
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28.8
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25.6
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Non-ferrous Metals
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96,424
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8.2
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12.3
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Others
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491,905
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2.2
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2.0
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Total
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1,952,945
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6.8
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6.5
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This mark means acrobat data. 
