TOKYO GAS CO., LTD. January 21, 2016
Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. for the month of December 2015 came to about 1,329.853 million m3, down 2.9% from December 2014.
In the residential sector, volume totaled 308.505 million m3, down 5.6% from December 2014, due to higher average temperature*, leading to the decreased demand for water-heating and air-conditioning.
In the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), volume totaled 187.053 million m3, down 5.5% from December 2014, due to higher average temperature*, leading to the decreased demand for water-heating and air-conditioning.
In the industrial sector, volume totaled 614.153 million m3, almost equal to that in December 2014 (down 0.5% from December 2014).
Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled 220.142 million m3, down 3.4% from December 2014, due to the decreased demand of the other companies.
*The weighted average of temperature through each customer's metering days (from previous metering day to that of this month)
Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %
Use (sector) | December 2015 | December 2014 | Change | Cumulative sales for fiscal 2015 (from April to December ) | Cumulative sales for fiscal 2014 (from April to December ) | Change | ||
Rate of change relative to fiscal 2014 | Rate of change relative to fiscal 2014 | |||||||
Residential | 308,505 | 326,810 | - 18,305 | - 5.6 | 1,961,927 | 2,001,321 | - 39,394 | - 2.0 |
Business | 187,053 | 197,880 | - 10,827 | - 5.5 | 1,777,240 | 1,803,735 | - 26,495 | - 1.5 |
Industrial | 614,153 | 617,401 | - 3,248 | - 0.5 | 5,260,314 | 5,223,904 | 36,410 | 0.7 |
Total | 1,109,711 | 1,142,091 | - 32,380 | - 2.8 | 8,999,480 | 9,028,960 | - 29,480 | - 0.3 |
Wholesale | 220,142 | 228,001 | - 7,859 | - 3.4 | 1,697,286 | 1,682,117 | 15,169 | 0.9 |
Total | 1,329,853 | 1,370,093 | - 40,240 | - 2.9 | 10,696,767 | 10,711,077 | - 14,310 | - 0.1 |
Note: Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sums of their parts
2. Basic factors
Temperature*
Unit: °C
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Average for the first half
FY 2015
12.2
18.6
21.9
23.4
28.3
24.0
21.4
FY 2014
12.7
17.2
21.6
24.0
27.6
24.2
21.2
Change
-0.5
1.4
0.3
-0.6
0.7
-0.2
0.2
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
March
Average for the second half
Average for the fiscal year (April 1
~March 31)
FY 2015
20.5
16.4
11.5
-
-
-
-
-
FY 2014
20.6
15.7
9.8
5.9
5.3
7.9
10.9
16.0
Change
-0.1
0.7
1.7
-
-
-
-
-
*The weighted average of temperature through each customer's metering days (from previous metering day to that of this month).As the monitoring site of temperature was changed from Otemachi to Kitanomaru-Garden on December 2, 2014, temperatures described above are those at Kitanomaru-Garden.
Number of new customers
Unit: customers. %
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
First half
FY 2015
14,015
15,685
17,013
17,545
16,295
17,558
98,111
FY 2014
15,345
15,376
17,126
18,320
15,939
19,308
101,414
Change
-1,330
309
-113
-775
356
-1,750
-3,303
Rate of change
-8.7
2.0
-0.7
-4.2
2.2
-9.1
-3.3
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
March
Second half
Total for the fiscal year (April 1
~March 31)
FY 2015
18,244
18,177
22,797
-
-
-
-
-
FY 2014
20,723
17,897
21,094
22,479
24,920
26,777
133,890
235,304
Change
-2,479
280
1,703
-
-
-
-
-
Rate of change
-12.0
1.6
8.1
-
-
-
-
-
Number of customers
Unit: thousand of customers, %
April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | |
FY 2015 | 10,963 | 10,971 | 10,980 | 10,990 | 10,999 | 11,009 |
FY 2014 | 10,816 | 10,824 | 10,834 | 10,844 | 10,853 | 10,865 |
Change | 147 | 147 | 146 | 146 | 146 | 144 |
Rate of change | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | March | |
FY 2015 | 11,017 | 11,028 | 11,045 | - | - | - |
FY 2014 | 10,878 | 10,889 | 10,906 | 10,920 | 10,938 | 10,958 |
Change | 139 | 139 | 139 | - | - | - |
Rate of change | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | - | - | - |
Unit: thousand m3/45MJ, %
Use(sector) | December | December | Cumulative sales for fiscal 2014 | Cumulative sales for fiscal 2013 | ||||
in 2014 | Rate of Change relative to fiscal 2013 | in 2013 | Rate of Change relative to fiscal 2012 | (from Apr. 2014 to Dec. 2014) | Rate of change relative to fiscal 2013 | (from Apr. 2013 to Dec. 2013) | Rate of change relative to fiscal 2012 | |
Residential | 326,810 | -1.8 | 332,827 | -11.4 | 2,001,321 | 2.0 | 1,961,152 | -5.6 |
Business | 197,880 | -5.2 | 208,798 | -7.5 | 1,803,735 | -4.1 | 1,881,792 | -1.6 |
Industrial | 617,401 | 17.0 | 527,831 | -4.5 | 5,223,904 | 15.4 | 4,527,606 | 3.4 |
Subtotal | 1,142,091 | 6.8 | 1,069,456 | -7.3 | 9,028,960 | 7.9 | 8,370,550 | 0.0 |
Wholesale | 228,001 | 1.1 | 205,145 | 0.0 | 1,682,117 | 4.2 | 1,615,038 | 1.0 |
Total | 1,370,093 | 7.5 | 1,274,601 | -6.2 | 10,711,077 | 7.3 | 9,985,588 | 0.2 |
Unit: %
Use(sector) | April | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. |
Residential | FY 2015 | 3.1 | - 4.4 | - 6.2 | - 0.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | -7.1 | -5.6 | ||
FY 2014 | 4.5 | - 4.6 | - 1.7 | 8.5 | 3.2 | 16.0 | 9.6 | - 1.5 | - 1.8 | 1.2 | - 1.4 | - 1.8 |
Business | FY 2015 | 0.2 | 1.1 | - 1.9 | - 1.2 | 4.1 | - 5.4 | -2.9 | -2.7 | -5.5 | ||
FY 2014 | 0.5 | - 5.0 | 1.1 | - 2.4 | - 4.8 | - 11.1 | - 6.4 | - 2.0 | - 5.2 | 0.3 | - 2.3 | - 2.6 |
Industrial | FY 2015 | 1.2 | - 15.3 | - 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 8.9 | -0.5 | ||
FY 2014 | 17.5 | 14.8 | 25.5 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 11.2 | 5.9 | 13.9 | 17.0 | 9.8 | 13.2 | - 1.4 |
Total | FY 2015 | 1.6 | - 9.4 | - 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.8 | -2.8 | ||
FY 2014 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | - 1.7 |
Wholesale | FY 2015 | 1.7 | - 7.2 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 3.9 | -1.5 | 0.1 | -3.4 | ||
FY 2014 | - 6.4 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 11.1 | 1.8 | - 3.0 | - 3.9 |
Total | FY 2015 | 1.6 | - 9.1 | - 2.8 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.3 | -2.9 | ||
FY 2014 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 12.7 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | - 2.0 |
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