This chapter is composed of electricity, gas, supply and demand of energy and water. Electricity presents statistics on the generation capacity of electric utilities, including self-generating power plants and the supply and demand of electricity. Gas presents statistics on the supply capacity of general gas enterprises and the supply and demand of gas.
Water presents statistics on water supplies and industrial water.
Statistics in these publications are the tabulation results from the annual reports of electric power enterprises, the annual financial reports and the quarterly operation reports of industrial plants, etc. submitted regularly by electric power enterprises and constructors of electric facilities for industrial plants in accordance with the provisions of the regulations on reporting regarding electricity under the Electric Enterprise Law, and the summary reports on facilities, etc. The general suppliers consist of 9 major electric power companies and the Okinawa Electric Power Co., Ltd., while the wholesale suppliers are comprised of corporate suppliers such as the Electric Power Development Co., Ltd., The Japan Atomic Power Company, the Joint Thermal Power Generation Co., Ltd., etc. Industrial plants Industrial plants refer to companies which generate for themselves electricity to be consumed within the companies, their plants and establishments. However, those with maximum generating capacity of less than 1,000kW are excluded. Joint industrial plants refer to those constructed jointly by two or more companies for their own consumption.