Tokyo Electric Power Co. nearly doubled its coal consumption in July from a year earlier after starting new power plants that use the cheaper fuel.
The utility used 745,000 metric tons of coal last month, the most since at least April 2003, the earliest data available on Tepco’s website. Crude oil consumption fell by about 18 percent while use of fuel oil dropped 30 percent, the figures show.
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