Japan’s utilities used less crude and fuel oil in June as the operation of two nuclear reactors and new coal-fired units helped them reduce reliance on more-expensive sources.
Japan’s 10 regional power utilities consumed about 770,000 kiloliters of crude in June, down 27 percent from a year earlier, according to data released today by the Federation of Electric Power Cos. of Japan. Fuel oil usage fell 37 percent to about 744,000 kiloliters, the data shows.
