OREANDA-NEWS. March 14, 2011. Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., for the month of February 2011 came to 1,254.533 million m3, decreased by 30.465 million m3 (-2.4%) from February 2010.

In the residential sector, volume totaled 441.342 million m3, up 4.2% from February 2010, due to the lower temperature of two-month average, January and February, than that of January and February in 2010, which increased the demand for water-heating and space-heating.

In the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), the sales volume was 257.16 million m3, up 2.3% from last February in 2010, because of the lower temperature of two-month average, January and February, than that of January and February in 2010, which increased the demand for air-conditioning.

In the industrial sector, volume totaled about 356.865 million m3, down 14.3% from last year due to existing customers’ demand decrease, etc.

Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled about 199.166 million m3, up 2.7% from February 2010, due to increased demand of wholesale gas suppliers.

The total gas sales volume for the cumulative period of April 2010 to February 2011 was 12,167.195 million m3, up by 3.1%.