Press Release Back Number(2006)

FY2006 First Half Electric Power Sales Results

October 31, 2006
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.


Volume of electric power sold reached 66.5 billion kWh, a gain of 2.7% year on year.
This also set a new record for volume of electric power sold in any half year.

1. Demand for electricity other than extra high-voltage power services (i.e., general residential consumption): up 0.7% year on year

(1) Lighting services (Residential customers)

Although air temperatures were relatively cool in June and July, leading to reduced usage of air conditioning equipment, the number of service agreements increased, yielding growth of 1.6% year on year.

(2) Power services (Shop and small factory customers)

Sales were down 3.3% on the year because of a declining number of service agreements, and, in the low voltage category, reduced use of air conditioning equipment because of the cooler weather.


2. Demand for extra high-voltage power services : up 3.6% year on year

(1) Commercial (office building and commercial facility customers)

Sales rose 2.5% year on year, with strong sales for commercial facilities.

(2) Industrial and other (medium and large factory customers)

Sales were up 4.0% year on year because of certain strong industry sectors (machinery, etc.) and the increased number of days of operation at some customers.



Sales by major type of contract

Note:
Beginning in April 2005, demand for extra high-voltage power services includes all figures for clients using high-voltage power. Year-on-year growth rates have been calculated by replacing the client categories used in previous years with those from FY 2005.