VEW AG - annual report 1986

VEW electricity supplies to customers in the Land Westphalia have been going back in 1986 by 1.3 p.c. to 24 thousand millions kWh. This figure must be corrected, however, by taking into account the in-house electricity generation of former VEW customers in the chemicals industry, so that electricity supplies actually have slightly risen. Gas supplies for the first time have not been rising but stayed at the high last-year level of 26.7 thousand million kWh. Energy consumption all in all has been almost the same as last year, despite economic growth and the sharp dip in prices on the fuel markets, which clearly indicates an energy-conserving behaviour of consumers. (orig./HSCH)