Actual Gas Sales volume in March 2017 and FY2016 Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

April 18, 2017

■Gas Sales Volume for the month March 2017

Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. for the month of March 2017 came to about 1,490.188 million m3, almost equal (0.0%) to that in March 2016.

Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %

Use (sector)

Mar. 2017

Mar. 2016

Change*

Factor of change

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2015

Residential

443,892

411,878

32,014

7.8

Due to increase of the number of customers including integrated companies*1

Business

252,356

238,236

14,120

5.9

Due to increase of the number of customers including integrated companies*1.

Industrial

590,183

615,302

-25,119

-4.1

Leading to the decreased demand for power generation.

Subtotal

1,286,431

1,265,417

21,014

1.7

Wholesale

203,757

224,236

-20,479

-9.1

Due to the change of the volume counting method as the result of integrating the affiliated companies (the volumes of the affiliated companies are counted as the relevant volumes of Tokyo Gas)

Total

1,490,188

1,489,653

535

0.0

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

*1 Affiliated companies (Chiba Gas, Tsukuba Gakuen Gas and Miho Gas) were integrated into Tokyo Gas on May 1st, 2016

■Gas Sales Volume for fiscal 2016

Gas sales volume in fiscal 2016 (April 2016 - March 2017) totaled about 15,519.854 million m3, up

1.9 % from fiscal 2015.

Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %

Use (sector)

Fiscal 2016 (from April to Mar.)

Fiscal 2015 (from April to Mar.)

Change

Factor of change

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2015

Residential

3,411,603

3,263,090

148,513

4.6

Due to increase of the number of customers including integrated companies*1

Business

2,641,694

2,519,778

121,916

4.8

Due to increase of the number of customers including integrated companies*1

Industrial

7,180,758

7,052,266

128,492

1.8

Leading to the higher operation rate of existing customers' facilities.

Subtotal

13,234,055

12,835,133

398,922

3.1

Wholesale

2,285,799

2,396,823

-111,024

-4.6

Due to the change of the volume counting method as the result of integrating the affiliated companies (the volumes of the affiliated companies are counted as the relevant volumes of Tokyo Gas)

Total

15,519,854

15,231,956

287,898

1.9

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

*1 Affiliated companies (Chiba Gas, Tsukuba Gakuen Gas and Miho Gas) were integrated into Tokyo Gas on May 1st, 2016

** Basic factors

  1. Temperature

    *The weighted average of temperature through each customer's metering days (from previous metering day to that of this month)

    Unit: °C

    April

    May

    June

    July

    Aug.

    Sept.

    Average for the first half

    FY 2016

    12.6

    18.3

    21.1

    24.4

    26.4

    26.0

    21.5

    FY 2015

    12.2

    18.6

    21.9

    23.4

    28.3

    24.0

    21.4

    Change

    0.4

    -0.3

    -0.8

    1.0

    -1.9

    2.0

    0.1

    Oct.

    Nov.

    Dec.

    Jan.

    Feb.

    March

    Average for the second half

    Average for the fiscal year (April 1

    ~March 31)

    FY 2016

    21.8

    14.5

    10.1

    7.0

    6.2

    7.9

    11.2

    16.3

    FY 2015

    20.5

    16.4

    11.5

    7.8

    6.0

    8.5

    11.8

    16.6

    Change

    1.3

    -1.9

    -1.4

    -0.8

    0.2

    -0.6

    -0.6

    -0.3

  2. Number of new customers

    Unit: customers. %

    April

    May

    June

    July

    Aug.

    Sept.

    First half

    FY 2016

    13,816

    14,980

    16,413

    16,045

    16,514

    20,273

    98,041

    FY 2015

    14,015

    15,685

    17,013

    17,545

    16,295

    17,558

    98,111

    Change

    -199

    -705

    -600

    -1,500

    219

    2,715

    -70

    Rate of change

    -1.4

    -4.5

    -3.5

    -8.5

    1.3

    15.5

    -0.1

    Oct.

    Nov.

    Dec.

    Jan.

    Feb.

    March

    Second half

    Total for the fiscal year (April 1

    ~March 31)

    FY 2016

    18,250

    18,583

    22,647

    20,047

    24,485

    26,646

    130,658

    228,699

    FY 2015

    18,244

    18,177

    22,797

    19,341

    24,754

    25,304

    128,617

    226,728

    Change

    6

    406

    -150

    706

    -269

    1,342

    2,041

    1,971

    Rate of change

    0.0

    2.2

    -0.7

    3.7

    -1.1

    5.3

    1.6

    0.9

  3. Number of customers

Unit: thousand of customers, %

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

FY 2016

11,096

11,264

11,271

11,280

11,289

11,302

FY 2015

10,963

10,971

10,980

10,990

10,999

11,009

Change

133

293

291

290

290

293

Rate of change

1.2

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.7

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

March

FY 2016

11,312

11,324

11,341

11,353

11,370

11,389

FY 2015

11,017

11,028

11,045

11,057

11,073

11,090

Change

295

296

296

296

297

299

Rate of change

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

With this announcement "Actual Gas Sales volume in March 2017 and FY2016 Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.", we discontinue the announcement regarding monthly gas sales volume.

In the future, we will announce our consolidated gas sales volume (actual and forecast, residential and the others) at the time of announcement of financial results (every three months throughout the year).

Gas sales volume in FY2015 and FY2014

Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %

Use(sector)

Mar. in

Mar. in

Cumulative sales

Cumulative sales

2016

Rate of Change relative to fiscal 2014

2015

Rate of Change relative to fiscal 2013

for fiscal 2015

(from Apr. 2015

to Mar. 2016)

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2014

for fiscal 2014

(from Apr. 2014

to Mar. 2015)

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2013

Residential

411,878

-0.2

412,511

-1.8

3,263,090

-3.4

3,376,918

1.0

Business

238,236

-2.4

244,126

-2.6

2,519,778

-2.7

2,590,910

-3.3

Industrial

615,302

3.0

597,317

-1.4

7,052,266

-0.0

7,053,081

13.1

Subtotal

1,265,417

0.9

1,253,953

-1.7

12,835,133

-1.4

13,020,909

6.2

Wholesale

224,236

14.6

195,619

-3.9

2,396,823

3.7

2,311,446

2.5

Total

1,489,653

2.8

1,449,573

-2.0

15,231,956

-0.7

15,332,355

5.6

Rate of increase relative to the previous year by segment (single months, FY2016 and FY2015)

Unit: %

Use(sector)

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Residential

FY 2016

-1.0

0.2

9.9

-6.6

5.9

-2.2

-4.5

13.0

18.1

6.4

0.4

7.8

FY 2015

3.1

-4.4

-6.2

-0.2

0.0

4.2

2.4

-7.1

-5.6

- 10.4

-4.5

-0.2

Business

FY 2016

-2.2

2.9

-0.4

-2.2

-1.6

13.7

13.7

6.1

15.1

8.3

1.7

5.9

FY 2015

0.2

1.1

-1.9

-1.2

4.1

-5.4

-2.9

-2.7

-5.5

- 10.7

-3.2

-2.4

Industrial

FY 2016

0.2

11.4

-1.2

-8.3

0.8

6.7

12.5

1.1

3.2

3.6

0.5

-4.1

FY 2015

1.2

-15.3

-4.0

4.5

4.1

4.8

1.7

8.9

-0.5

- 1.5

-7.6

3.0

Total

FY 2016

-0.6

6.5

1.1

-6.7

0.8

6.9

9.2

4.7

9.4

5.5

0.7

1.7

FY 2015

1.6

-9.4

-4.0

2.5

3.6

2.2

0.9

2.8

-2.8

- 6.5

-5.7

0.9

Wholesale

FY 2016

3.1

3.3

-1.8

-9.2

-7.6

-3.5

-3,9

3.4

-4.3

- 7.4

-13.2

-9.1

FY 2015

1.7

-7.2

3.6

5.6

6.4

3.9

-1.5

0.1

-3.4

5.8

13.6

14.6

Total

FY 2016

-0.1

6.0

0.6

-7.1

-0.4

5.2

6.9

4.5

7.1

3.5

-1.5

0.0

FY 2015

1.6

-9.1

-2.8

3.0

4.0

2.5

0.5

2.3

-2.9

- 4.9

-3.0

2.8

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