OREANDA-NEWS. Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. for the month of April 2014 came to about 1,303.731 million m3, up 7.4% from April 2013.

In the residential sector, volume totaled 343.932 million m3, up 4.5% from April 2013, due to the increased number of customers than those of last year.

In the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), volume totaled 201.665 million m3, almost equal (up 0.5%) to that in April 2013.

In the industrial sector, volume totaled 581.824 million m3, up 17.5% from April 2013, leading to the increased demand for power generation.

Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled 176.310 million m3, down 6.4% from April 2013, due to the decreased demand of the other companies.