1. Overview
Total electricity sales volume by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for the month of March 2007 came to about 6,785 million kWh, up about 1.0% from March 2006.
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(1)Customers Other Than Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Sales volume in March 2007 decreased by 1.7% from March 2006 due to a decrease in air-conditioning demand as the temperature from February to March 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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February
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March
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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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9.4
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9.9
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10.9
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10.0
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10.4
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8.8
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15.2
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11.6
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Compare to the previous year
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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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0.8
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 0.8
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3.8
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1.4
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Compare to average
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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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1.5
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1.4
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3.6
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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 8.0% from the previous year. The sales volume has exceeded the previous year for 39 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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2,343,547
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1.4
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0.1
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Power
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Low Voltage
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348,641
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6.7
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7.0
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Others
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98,423
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1.7
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6.8
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Total
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2,790,611
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2.1
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1.4
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Demand under Liberalization
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Business
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1,458,018
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0.5
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2.7
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Industrial
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2,536,620
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5.6
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4.8
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Total
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3,994,638
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3.3
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4.0
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Electricity Sales Total
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6,785,249
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1.0
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1.7
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(Figures are included above)
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Customers other than large-scale industrial
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4,746,390
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1.7
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0.1
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Large-scale industrial customers
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2,038,859
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8.0
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6.58
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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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493,813
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4.8
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4.5
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Transportation
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113,362
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10.6
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12.1
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Others
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47,107
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17.1
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12.3
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Total
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654,282
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6.5
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6.2
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Steel and Iron
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262,139
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16.1
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11.4
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Chemicals
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206,415
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11.8
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11.2
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Clay and Stone
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120,549
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11.9
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12.9
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(Cement)
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(72,647)
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6.0
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8.2
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Foodstuffs
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162,567
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20.9
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14.1
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Pulps and Papers
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24,928
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17.8
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24.6
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Non-ferrous Metals
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95,565
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2.9
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11.0
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Others
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512,414
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3.0
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2.2
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Total
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2,038,859
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8.0
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6.8
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This mark means acrobat data. 
