Tepco Doubles Coal Consumption in July After Starting New Units
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Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan’s biggest power company by generation capacity, nearly doubled its coal consumption in July from a year earlier after starting new units that use the cheaper fuel.
The utility, known as Tepco, used 745,000 metric tons of coal last month, the most since at least April 2003, the earliest data available on the company’s website. Crude and fuel oil consumption fell by about 18 percent and 30 percent, respectively, the figures show.