Electricity sales by the nation's 10 major power suppliers rose 2.5 percent from a year before to 70.12 billion kilowatt-hours in July, the first increase in seven months, the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan said Monday.
The increase reflected greater household use of air conditioners amid a heat wave, as well as the first rise in electricity sales to large-lot industrial users since May 2012.Sales to large-lot users rose 0.7 percent to 23.93 billion kilowatt-hours due to brisk demand from main sectors such as machinery, steel, and paper and pulp on the back of the yen's weakness.
Source: NewsOnJapan
Source: NewsOnJapan
