Major Environmental Guidelines

Kyushu Electric sets future target values on major environmental indicators, and endeavors to achieve these.

Item		Unit	Past Record		Target
Item		Unit	FY 1998	FY 1999	FY 2003
Prevention of global warming	CO2 emission^*1	10,000 tons CO2	2,320	2,230	Approx. 2,900^*2
	CO2 emission intensity	kg-CO2/kWh	0.323	0.305	Approx. 0.37
	Nuclear power utilization factor ^*1	%	79.8	84.0	Approx. 80
	Thermal power production efficiency(power generating end efficiency)	%	39.8	40.4	Approx. 40
	Transmission/distribution loss factor	%	5.6	5.6	Approx. 5.6 (present value)
	Photovoltaic power generating facility capacity	kW	300	325	340
	Wind power generating facility capacity	kW	1,750	1,750	3,250
	Power purchased from new energy	million kWh	271	324	Purchase as much as possible
	Thermal storage system load facility capacity	10,000kW	18.4	22.1	36
	SF6 recovery rate at equipment inspection	%	77	93	97 or more
	Office power consumption	million kWh	110	109	104 or less
Maintain harmony with the local environment	SOx emission intensity(per thermal power generated kWh)	g/kWh	0.33	0.30	Approx. 0.4
	NOx emission intensity (per thermal power generated kWh)	g/kWh	0.23	0.23	Approx. 0.3
	Dose evaluation value per year at nuclear power plant surroundings	mSv	Under 0.001	Under 0.001	Under 0.001
Industrial waste recycling rate		%	44	67	Approx. 90
Consumption of specific freons^*3		ton	1.0	3.6	Zero

Licensed energy managers		Persons	500	539	500 or more
Licensed pollution prevention managers		Persons	474	475	500 or more

*1	CO2 emission and CO2 emission intensity (CO2 emissions per 1 kWh consumed by customers) in fiscal 1990 totaled 25 million tons of CO2 and 0.448kg of CO2/kWh, respectively.
*2	Based on business plan for fiscal 2000
*3	Consumption of regulated CFCs + consumption of carbon tetrachloride