A new refrigerator with the Environmental Protection Agency's "energy star" rating for efficiency, for example, might reduce electric consumption by 10 to 15 percent.

Also, the thrust can be continuous with relatively low electric consumption.

But electric consumption per household is up by 150 percent.

She said the state was prepared to activate several programs that encourage customers to reduce electric consumption to cope with shortages.

The more electric consumption, the happier the shareholder!

This electricity is equivalent to annual electric consumption of about 10,000 Japanese households.

This significantly reduces overall electric consumption.

The study showed that this strategy could cut annual electric consumption nearly 10 percent.

"The savings on electric consumption is a great asset, but the enhancement in the teaching environment was what we were really after," said Mr. Shaw.

A survey of electric consumption was carried out in the course of 2011.