OREANDA-NEWS. Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. for the month of May 2014 came to about 1,163.738 million m3, up 4.7% to that in May 2013.

In the residential sector, volume totaled 275.628 million m3, down 4.6% from May 2013, due to higher average temperature* compared to that in the same period last year, leading to the decreased demand for water-heating.

In the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), volume totaled 172.237 million m3, down 5.0% from May 2013, due to less metering days than those of last year.

In the industrial sector, volume totaled 545.139 million m3, up 14.8% from May 2013, due to the increased demand for power generation.

Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled 170.733 million m3, up 3.0% from May 2013, due to the increased demand of the other companies.