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TEPCO power supply-demand ratio indicators

TOKYO, Japan - Displays at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo show power demand in Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s service areas came to 90 percent of the utility's supply capacity in the afternoon of Aug. 18, 2011. The demand reached 49.36 million kilowatts after 2 p.m. the same day, the largest so far this summer and equal to 90.4 percent of the supply capacity, according to preliminary data released by the company. Demand for electricity grew as high temperatures increased the use of air conditioners, the utility, known as TEPCO, said. (Kyodo)