Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that consumption of Electricity increased by 37.8% over the previous quarter to 1.015 billion kWh in the second quarter of 2011 upon the arrival of Summer. Consumption of Electricity by Households surged by 55.4% to 199 million kWh; consumption by the Business sector (770 million kWh) went up by 33.9%, with that of the Gaming sector (370 million kWh) increasing by 34.0%. Attributable to the suspension of natural gas supply in June, generation of Electricity decreased by 24.3% quarter-to-quarter to 227 million kWh in the second quarter of 2011; meanwhile, imports of Electricity surged by 75.1% quarter-to-quarter to 833 million kWh, bringing its relative importance to account for 79.5% of the available supply. In the first half year of 2011, imports of Electricity decreased by 2.7% year-on-year to 1.308 billion kWh, while local generation (527 million kWh) and consumption (1.751 billion kWh) of Electricity increased by 22.2% and 3.2% respectively. In the second quarter of 2011, consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) decreased by 13.0% quarter-to-quarter to 10,802 tonnes, of which consumption by Households (3,000 tonnes) and the Business sector (7,703 tonnes) fell by 22.4% and 9.1% respectively. Meanwhile, imports of LPG decreased by 23.9% from the previous quarter to 10,127 tonnes, with the average price of imports rising by 4.6% to MOP9.47 per kilogram. In the first half year of 2011, imports of LPG (23,433 tonnes) increased by 8.2% year-on-year. In the second quarter of 2011, average price of Bottled LPG (MOP15.13 per kilogram) and Unleaded Gasoline (MOP11.72 per litre) increased by 3.8% and 3.5% respectively over the previous quarter. At the end of the second quarter of 2011, stock of LPG (2,317 tonnes) decreased by 24.0% quarter-to-quarter; however, stock of Fuel Oil (15.42 million litres) and Gas Oil & Diesel (23.12 million litres) increased by 17.0% and 0.2% respectively. NOTE
