Japan's Hokuriku reports record summer power demand (heat wave)

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Japan's Hokuriku reports record summer power demand (heat wave)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hokuriku Electric Power Co said on Tuesday demand for the company's electricity hit a record high earlier in the day as a heatwave scorched central Japan and boosted use of air-conditioning.

Hokuriku is the first Japanese utility to report record demand this summer, and others may follow suit this month and next as a heatwave sweeps through the country, in line with hotter-than-average forecasts by the nation's official weather forecaster.

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUST29365120080722?rpc=401&

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