December 14, 2016

Actual Gas Sales volume in November 2016 Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Gas Sales Volume for the month November 2016

Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. for the month of November 2016 came to about 1,259.223 million m3, up by + 4.5% from previous year.

** Gas sales volume

Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %

Use (sector)

Nov. 2016

Nov. 2015

Change*

Factor of change

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2015

Residential

262,636

232,363

30,273

13.0

Due to lower average temperature*1, leading to the increased

demand for water-heating.

Business

180,722

170,383

10,339

6.1

Due to increase of the number of customers including integrated companies*2.

Industrial

609,774

603,008

6,766

1.1

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

Total

1,053,132

1,005,753

47,379

4.7

Wholesale

206,091

199,394

6,697

3.4

Due to the increased demand of the other companies, although there is 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

1,259,223

1,205,147

54,076

4.5

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

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

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

(Cumulative Sales) Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %

Use (sector)

Fiscal 2016 (from April to Nov.)

Fiscal 2015 (from April to Nov.)

Change

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2015

Residential

1,683,018

1,653,421

29,597

1.8

Business

1,644,279

1,590,187

54,092

3.4

Industrial

4,754,211

4,646,160

108,051

2.3

Total

8,081,508

7,889,769

191,739

2.4

Wholesale

1,444,996

1,477,145

-32,149

- 2.2

Total

9,526,504

9,366,913

159,591

1.7

** 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

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    FY 2015

    20.5

    16.4

    11.5

    7.8

    6.0

    8.5

    11.8

    16.6

    Change

    1.3

    - 1.9

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

  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

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    FY 2015

    18,244

    18,177

    22,797

    19,341

    24,754

    25,304

    128,617

    226,728

    Change

    6

    406

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    Rate of change

    0.0

    2.2

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

    -

  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

-

-

-

-

FY 2015

11,017

11,028

11,045

11,057

11,073

11,090

Change

295

296

-

-

-

-

Rate of change

2.7

2.7

-

-

-

-

Gas sales volume in FY2015 and FY2014

Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %

Use(sector)

Nov. in

Nov. in

Cumulative sales

Cumulative sales

2015

Rate of Change relative to fiscal 2014

2014

Rate of Change relative to fiscal 2013

for fiscal 2015

(from Apr. 2015

to Nov. 2015)

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2014

for fiscal 2014

(from Apr. 2014

to Nov. 2014)

Rate of change relative to fiscal 2013

Residential

232,363

-7.1

250,244

-1.5

1,653,421

-1.3

1,674,511

2.8

Business

170,383

-2.7

175,057

-2.0

1,590,187

-1.0

1,605,855

-4.0

Industrial

603,008

8.9

553,506

13.9

4,646,160

0.9

4,606,503

15.2

Subtotal

1,005,753

2.8

978,806

6.5

7,889,769

0.0

7,886,869

8.0

Wholesale

199,394

0.1

199,237

0.4

1,477,145

1.6

1,454,116

3.1

Total

1,205,147

2.3

1,178,043

5.4

9,366,913

0.3

9,340,984

7.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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