Casinos spending more electricity

Macau’s gaming industry saw its electricity consumption levels rise by 18.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2012. According to official data, the city’s casinos spent 439 million kWh from April to June, roughly double the amount used by Macau’s households during the same period. The gaming industry was responsible for roughly half of the electricity consumption by the city’s business sector during the second quarter.