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Government

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Natural Resources and Energy Agency of METI

Ministry of Environmental Affairs


Regional vertically-integrated electric utilities (10 EPCo’s)

Hokkaido Electric Power Company (EPCo)

Tohoku EPCo

Tokyop EPCo

Hokuriku EPCo

Chubu EPCo

Kansai EPCo

Chugoku EPCo

Shikoku EPCo

Kyushu EPCo

Okinawa EPCo

Federation of EPCo’s

Note: All EPCo’s, except for Okinawa EPCo are interconnected.


Major Wholesalers


Electric Power Development Company (EPDC)

Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC)

Note: EPDC is a quasi-governmental entity (66.7 percent of shares are owned
by the Government of Japan, 33.3 per cent of shares are owned by 9 EPCo’s).


Additional Information

Federation of Electric Power Companies, Japan

Electricity Review Japan

Energy and the Environment

New Energy Foundation (NEF)

International Energy Agency

UNFCCC

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Energy Security Section, Environment and Development Division,
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific