Declining Electricity Sales Volume and Pressure on Power Business Revenue
First written in FY2017-Q1. 11 of 30 entries say "Mitigated", first in FY2019-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.
The Kansai Electric Power Company moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2016, the same year as the typical company in this theme.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2023: 4 of 7 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「Total electricity sales volume decreased 2.4% from the previous fiscal year to 152.3 billion kWh.」
While retail electricity sales volume increased to 100.7% of the year-earlier level, sales to other companies fell to 88.8%, resulting in a 2.4% full-year decline in total electricity sales volume. - 2026-04-30MitigatedEarnings
「Retail electricity sales volume increased 0.7% year on year to 116,273 million kWh.」
Retail electricity sales volume increased year on year, while total electricity sales volume declined 2.5% and electricity sales volume to other companies declined 11.4%. The pressure on the retail business eased. - FY2026-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「Retail electricity sales volume was 58.618 billion kWh, or 100.9% of the year-earlier level.」
Retail electricity sales volume, which had declined 1.0% year on year in the previous interim period, turned to a 0.9% year-on-year increase in the current interim period. Meanwhile, total electricity sales volume was 98.4% of the year-earlier level, and sales to other companies declined to 90.8%. Sales volume volatility remains a risk. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Retail electricity sales volume was 58.097 billion kWh, or 99.0% of the year-earlier level.」
Retail electricity sales volume had increased in the previous full fiscal year, but returned to a 1.0% year-on-year decline during the six months ended 30 September. As sales to other companies increased, the decline was limited to the retail segment. - FY2024MitigatedAnnual report
「For the fiscal year, retail electricity sales volume increased 5.1% from the previous fiscal year to 117.2 billion kWh, owing mainly to an increase in the number of customers and other factors.」
Against the continued decline in retail electricity sales volume amid intensifying competition and other factors, full-year volume increased 5.1%, easing downward pressure. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「During the nine months ended 31 December, retail electricity sales volume increased 5.6% year on year to 86.2 billion kWh, owing mainly to an increase in the number of customers and other factors.」
Retail electricity sales volume increased 5.6% year on year, with the previous downward trend remaining alleviated for the second consecutive quarter. - FY2024-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「During the six months ended 30 September, retail electricity sales volume increased 6.0% year on year to 58.7 billion kWh, owing mainly to an increase in the number of customers and other factors.」
Retail electricity sales volume increased 6.0% year on year, easing the downward pressure from intensifying competition and other factors that had continued through the previous period. - FY2024-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「During the three months ended 30 June, retail electricity sales volume increased 5.0% year on year to 26.2 billion kWh, owing mainly to an increase in the number of customers and other factors.」
After continuing to decline against a backdrop of intensifying competition and other factors, retail electricity sales volume turned to a 5.0% year-on-year increase owing to an increase in the number of customers, easing downward pressure. - FY2023-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「During the six months ended 30 September, retail electricity sales volume increased 13.4% year on year to 55.4 billion kWh, owing mainly to an increase in the number of customers and other factors.」
Retail electricity sales volume increased 13.4%, following a 9.5% year-on-year increase in the previous quarter. The downward pressure from intensifying competition and other factors remained alleviated during the quarter. - FY2023-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「During the three months ended 30 June, retail electricity sales volume increased 9.5% year on year to 24.9 billion kWh, owing mainly to an increase in the number of customers and other factors.」
After continuing to decline against a backdrop of intensifying competition and other factors, retail electricity sales volume turned to a 9.5% year-on-year increase owing to an increase in the number of customers. - FY2022-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「During the nine months ended 31 December, retail electricity sales volume decreased 3.2% year on year to 72.5 billion kWh, owing mainly to intensifying competition and other factors.」
Retail electricity sales volume continues to decline, but the year-on-year decline narrowed from 4.7% in the previous quarter to 3.2%. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「During the six months ended 30 September, retail electricity sales volume decreased 4.7% year on year to 48.8 billion kWh, owing to intensifying competition and lower cooling demand as temperatures in August and September remained below the previous year’s levels.」
Retail electricity sales volume continues to decline. In addition to intensifying competition, lower temperatures and the resulting decline in cooling demand are cited as factors driving the decline. - FY2022-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「During the three months ended 30 June, retail electricity sales volume decreased 3.1% year on year to 22.8 billion kWh, owing mainly to intensifying competition and other factors.」
Retail electricity sales volume continues to decline, but the year-on-year decline narrowed from 10.9% in the previous quarter to 3.1%. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「During the nine months ended 31 December, retail electricity sales volume decreased 10.9% year on year to 74.9 billion kWh, owing to intensifying competition and the impact of COVID-19, among other factors.」
Retail electricity sales volume continues to decline, with intensifying competition and the impact of COVID-19 cited as factors driving the decline. The year-on-year decline was 10.9%. - FY2021-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「During the six months ended 30 September, retail electricity sales volume decreased 11.0% year on year to 51.3 billion kWh, owing to competition from new electricity suppliers and the impact of COVID-19, among other factors.」
Competition from new electricity suppliers and the impact of COVID-19 are explicitly cited, while retail electricity sales volume decreased 11.0% year on year. - FY2021-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「During the three months ended 30 June, retail electricity sales volume decreased 13.6% year on year to 23.5 billion kWh, owing to the impact of the spread of COVID-19 in the power segment and a decline in the number of customers in the lighting segment.」
Retail electricity sales volume decreased 13.6% year on year, with the spread of COVID-19 identified as a new factor driving the decline. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「During the nine months ended 31 December, in the Group’s core electricity business, retail electricity sales volume decreased 2.5% year on year to 84.0 billion kWh, owing mainly to a decline in the number of customers in the lighting segment and other factors.」
Retail electricity sales volume continues to decline. The year-on-year decline was 2.5%, indicating that downward pressure on electricity sales volume persists. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Although contracted capacity increased in the power segment, retail electricity sales volume decreased 2.1% year on year to 57.6 billion kWh, owing to a decline in the number of customers in the lighting segment and other factors, as well as lower cooling demand as summer temperatures remained below the previous year’s levels.」
Retail electricity sales volume increased 2.6% year on year in FY2020-Q1, but declined 2.1% in the six months ended 30 September, indicating that downward pressure on electricity sales volume has re-emerged. - FY2020-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「During the three months ended 30 June, in the Group’s core electricity business, retail electricity sales volume increased 2.6% year on year to 27.2 billion kWh, as higher contracted capacity in the power segment more than offset a decline in the number of customers in the lighting segment and other factors.」
Retail electricity sales volume increased 2.6% year on year, reversing the previous decline. Meanwhile, total electricity sales volume was 98.8% of the year-earlier level, owing to declines in inter-area and sales to other companies, indicating a change in the composition of the factors driving the decline. - FY2019-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「During the nine months ended 31 December, in the Group’s core electricity business, electricity sales volume increased 2.9% year on year to 86.2 billion kWh, as higher contracted capacity in the power segment more than offset a decline in the number of customers in the lighting segment and other factors.」
Against the previous decline in electricity sales volume, sales increased 2.9% year on year on higher contracted capacity and other factors, with downward pressure easing for the second consecutive quarter. - FY2019-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「Electricity sales volume increased by 3.3% year on year to 58.8 billion kWh, due to the impact of higher temperatures than in the previous year, which increased cooling demand, and an increase in contracted power in the electricity sector.」
After the continued decline in electricity sales volume, the volume increased by 3.3% year on year during the six months under review, mainly due to higher contracted power and other factors. Meanwhile, revenue from electricity charges declined because electricity rates were reduced. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「During the three months ended 30 June, electricity sales volume in the Group's principal business, the electricity business, decreased by 0.9% year on year to 26.5 billion kWh, mainly because temperatures remained higher than in the previous fiscal year, reducing heating demand.」
Electricity sales volume continued to decline, but the year-on-year rate of decline was 0.9%. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「For the consolidated fiscal year under review, electricity sales volume decreased by 5.1% from the previous consolidated fiscal year to 115.24 billion kWh, mainly because contracted power declined.」
Electricity sales volume declined for the full fiscal year, mainly against a backdrop of lower contracted power. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「During the nine months ended 31 December, electricity sales volume in the Group's principal business, the electricity business, decreased by 6.5% year on year to 83.76 billion kWh, mainly due to lower contracted power.」
Electricity sales volume continued to decline, but the year-on-year rate of decline improved from 7.3% in the second quarter to 6.5%. - FY2018-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「During the six months ended 30 September, electricity sales volume in the Group's principal business, the electricity business, decreased by 7.3% year on year to 56.92 billion kWh, mainly due to lower contracted power.」
The decline in electricity sales volume was 7.3% year on year, compared with a 6.3% decline in FY2018-Q1. Meanwhile, electricity business revenue increased by 0.1% due to higher wheeling revenue and other factors. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the electricity business, the Group's principal business, electricity sales volume decreased by 6.3% year on year to 26.74 billion kWh, mainly due to lower contracted power.」
Electricity sales volume continued to decline, but the year-on-year decline was 6.3%, and revenue from the electricity business decreased by only 0.1%. - FY2017WorsenedAnnual report
「For the consolidated fiscal year under review, electricity sales volume decreased by 4.7% from the previous consolidated fiscal year to 121.5 billion kWh, despite higher temperatures in summer than in the previous year and increased cooling demand, mainly because contracted power declined. On the revenue side, sales decreased by ¥234,569 million, or 7.2%, to ¥3,011,337 million, mainly because revenue from electricity charges declined as a result of lower electricity sales volume and lower fuel cost adjustment rates.」
For the full fiscal year, electricity sales volume decreased by 4.7% year on year and operating revenue decreased by 7.2%. - FY2017-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「After considering the business environment surrounding the company, including the decline in electricity demand in Kansai due to the entrenchment of power-saving practices and progress in energy conservation since the plan was announced, the lack of prospects for significant growth going forward, and the need to strengthen measures to reduce CO2 emissions following the formulation of Japan's 2030 energy mix in July 2015 and the establishment of the government's greenhouse gas reduction targets, the company reviewed its fuel conversion plan for the Ako Power Station on 31 January 2017 and decided to continue its current operation using heavy oil and crude oil as fuels.」
In addition to declining electricity sales volume, the outlook that electricity demand in Kansai was unlikely to grow significantly going forward was explicitly cited as a reason for reviewing the power generation facility plan. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Total electricity sales volume decreased by 5.1% year on year to 61.4 billion kWh, mainly due to lower contracted power and the impact of energy conservation.」
The decline in electricity sales volume, driven by lower contracted power and the impact of energy conservation, continued during the cumulative period. - FY2017-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Total electricity sales volume decreased by 6.9% year on year to 28.54 billion kWh, mainly due to lower contracted power. On the revenue side, sales, or operating revenue, decreased, mainly because revenue from electricity charges declined as a result of lower electricity sales volume and lower fuel cost adjustment rates.」
The results show a year-on-year decline in electricity sales volume, accompanied by lower revenue from electricity charges and operating revenue.