OREANDA-NEWS. August 12, 2011. Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., for the month of July 2011 came to about 1,015.153 million m3, decreased by 37.94 million m3 (-3.6%) from July 2010.

In the residential sector, volume totaled 150.725 million m3, down 8.1% from July 2010, due to less metering days according to metering schedule, etc.

In the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), due to the decreased operation rate on the part of existing facilities, the volume decreased by 15.4% to 224.16 million m3.

In the industrial sector, volume totaled about 463.822 million m3, up 4.8% from last year due to existing customers' demand increase, etc.

Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled about 176.446 million m3, down 2.8% from July 2010 due to decreased demand of wholesale gas suppliers.

The total gas sales volume for the cumulative period of April to July 2011 was 4,211.975 million m3, down by 2.7%.

1. Gas sales volume

Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %

Use

July

July

Change

Cumulative

Cumulative

Change

 

(sector)

2011

2010

 

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2010

sales for fiscal 2011 (from April to July 2011)

sales for fiscal 2010 (from April to July 2010)

 

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2010

Residential

150,725

164,061

-13,336

-8.1

1,009,000

1,075,129

-66,129

-6.2

Business

224,160

264,813

-40,653

-15.4

774,413

899,403

-124,990

-13.9

Industrial

463,822

442,781

21,041

4.8

1,739,378

1,663,669

75,709

4.6

Total

838,707

871,655

-32,948

-3.8

3,522,791

3,638,200

-115,409

-3.2

Wholesale

176,446

181,438

-4,992

-2.8

689,185

691,680

-2,495

-0.4

Total

1,015,153

1,053,093

-37,940

-3.6

4,211,975

4,329,881

-117,906

-2.7

Note: Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sums of their parts

2. Basic factors (1) Temperature

Unit: °C

 

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Average for the first half

FY 2011

14.5

18.5

22.8

27.3

-

-

-

FY 2010

12.4

19.0

23.6

28.0

29.6

25.1

23.0

Change

2.1

-0.5

-0.8

-0.7

-

-

-

 

 

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

March

Average for the second half

Average for

the fiscal year (April 1 -March 31)

FY 2011

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FY 2010

18.9

13.5

9.9

5.1

7.0

8.1

10.4

16.7

Change

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(2) Number of new customers

Unit: customers. %

 

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

First half

FY 2011

8,633

8,496

12,454

12,397

 

-

-

FY 2010

10,592

11,629

12,843

14,132

12,221

15,522

76,939

Change

-1,959

-3,133

-389

-1,735

-

-

-

Rate of change

-18.5

-26.9

-3.0

-12.3

-

-

-

 

 

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

March

Second half

Total for the fiscal year

(April 1 -March 31)

FY 2011

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FY 2010

11,610

15,283

19,504

17,801

20,140

21,025

105,363

182,302

Change

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rate of change

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(3) Number of customers

Unit: thousand of customers, %

 

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

FY 2011

10,454

10,455

10,460

10,464

-

-

FY 2010

10,344

10,349

10,354

10,361

10,367

10,376

Change

110

106

106

103

-

-

Rate of change

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

-

-

 

 

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

March

FY 2011

-

-

-

-

-

-

FY 2010

10,381

10,389

10,403

10,413

10,428

10,441

Change

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rate of change

-

-

-

-

-

-