OREANDA-NEWS. Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. for the month of July 2015 came to about 1,257.194 million m3, up 3.0% from July 2014.

In the residential sector, volume totaled 169.569 million m3, almost equal (down 0.2%) to that in July 2014. In the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), volume totaled 216.575 million m3, down 1.2% from July 2014, due to lower average temperature compared to that in the same period last year, leading to the decreased demand for air-conditioning.

In the industrial sector, volume totaled 670.822 million m3, up 4.5% from July 2014, due to the increased demand for power generation.

Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled 200.228 million m3, up 5.6% from July 2014, due to the increased demand of the other companies.