, abbreviated as Chuden in Japanese, is a Japanese

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provider for the middle

Chūbu region The , Central region, or is a region in the middle of Honshu, Honshū, Japan, Japan's main island. In a wide, classical definition, it encompasses nine prefectures (''ken''): Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Fukui Prefecture, Fukui, Gifu Prefecture ...

of the

Honshu , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island separ ...

island of Japan. It provides electricity at 60 Hz, though an area of

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

uses 50 Hz. Chubu Electric Power ranks third among Japan's largest electric utilities in terms of power generation capacity, electric energy sold, and annual revenue. It is also one of

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

's "four influential companies" along with

Meitetsu , referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which off ...

Matsuzakaya ( TYO: 8235, delisted) is a major Japanese department store chain operated by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Stores, a subsidiary of J. Front Retailing. When the chain was an independent company, , it had its headquarters in Naka-ku, Nagoya. ...

, and

Toho Gas , commonly written as 東邦ガス, is a Japanese gas company based in Nagoya, Japan. It supplies gas to the Tōkai region, especially the Chūkyō metropolitan area. It is also one of Nagoya's "four influential companies" along with Meitetsu, Mat ...

. Recently, the company has also expanded into the business of optical fibers. On January 1, 2006, a new company, Chubu Telecommunications, was formed.

Recent news

In May 2011, Prime Minister

Naoto Kan is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from June 2010 to September 2011. Kan was the first Prime Minister since the resignation of Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 to serve for m ...

requested that the

Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant The is a nuclear power plant in the city of Omaezaki in Shizuoka Prefecture, on Japan's east coast, 200 km south-west of Tokyo. It is managed by the Chubu Electric Power Company. There are five units contained at a single site with a net a ...

, which sits in an area considered overdue for a large earthquake, be shut down, after which Chubu Electric Power suspended operations at the plant. A lawsuit seeking the decommissioning of the reactors at the Hamaoka plant permanently has been filed. In August 2013, Chubu announced it would acquire an 80% stake in the

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-based electricity supplier, Diamond Corp, marking the firm's entry into a market usually associated with

Tokyo Electric Power Company , also known as or TEPCO, is a Japanese electric utility holding company servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are located in Uchisaiw ...

. November 2019 it was announced Chubu had acquired a 20% stake (Mitsubishi the other 80%) in the Dutch energy company Eneco. In April 2020, the logo mark was renewed. The renewed logo is named "The Beam."

Power Stations

The company has 194 separate generating stations with a total capacity of 32,473 MW.

Hydroelectric

The company has 182 separate hydro generating stations with a total capacity of 5,217 MW. * Iwazu Hydroelectric Generating Station *

Kamiōsu Dam Kamiohsu Dam is a rockfill dam located in Gifu Prefecture in Japan. The dam is used for power production. The catchment area of the dam is 12 km2. The dam impounds about 45 ha of land when full and can store 14500 thousand cubic meters of w ...

(1,500 MW) * Takane Dam I (340 MW) *

Takane Dam II Takane may refer to: Places *Takane, Yamanashi, a town in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan *Takane, Gifu, a town in Gifu, Japan *Takane Dam and Takane No.2 Dam, dams in Gifu Prefecture, Japan People *Fubuki Takane (born 1965), Japanese actress *Martha ...

(25 MW) *

Kamiasō Dam is a dam in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan. The gravity dam was completed in 1926 and is managed by Chubu Electric Power. The water intake of the "Kamiasō plant" is used to generate 27,000 kilowatts of electricity. and Japan water agency's "Kiso ...

Thermal power stations

The company has 11 separate thermal power stations with a total capacity of 22,369 MW. *

Kawagoe Power Station is a large gas-fired power station in Kawagoe, Mie, Japan. The facility operates at an installed capacity of 4,802 MW, making it the fifth largest power station of its kind. See also * List of largest power stations in the world * List ...

(

Natural Gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...

Combined cycle A combined cycle power plant is an assembly of heat engines that work in tandem from the same source of heat, converting it into mechanical energy. On land, when used to make electricity the most common type is called a combined cycle gas turb ...

, 4,802 MW) *

Chita Thermal Power Station is a large thermal power station operated by JERA in the city of Chita, Aichi, Japan. History Plans to build a power station in Chita were drawn up in the early 1960s, and a site was selected on reclaimed land facing Ise Bay in the northern part ...

(Natural Gas,1,708 MW) *

Atsumi Thermal Power Station is an oil-fired thermal power station operated by JERA in the city of Tahara, Aichi, Japan. The facility is located on reclaimed land at the tip of the Atsumi Peninsula at the entrance to Mikawa Bay. History The Atsumi Thermal Power Station was ...

(crude and heavy oil, 1,400 MW) *

Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station is an LNG-fired thermal power station operated by JERA in the village of Tobishima, Aichi, Japan. The facility is located on reclaimed land at the head of Mikawa Bay. History The Nishi-Nagoya Thermal Power Station began operations as an oil-fir ...

(Natural Gas, 2,376 MW) *

Hekinan Thermal Power Station is a large thermal power station operated by JERA in the city of Hekinan, Aichi, Japan. The facility is located the head of the Chita Peninsula and is the largest coal-fired power station in Japan. The plant is estimated to have been one of the ...

(

Coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...

, 4,100 MW) *

Shin-Nagoya Thermal Power Station is a thermal power station operated by JERA in the Minato Ward of the city of Nagoya. Aichi Prefecture. Japan. The facility is located at the northern end of Chita Peninsula. History The Shin-Nagoya Thermal power Station is the only power plan ...

(Natural gas, Combined cycle, 1,458 MW) *

Chita Daini Thermal Power Station is an LNG-fired thermal power station operated by JERA in the city of Chita, Aichi, Japan. The facility is located on reclaimed land at the east side of Ise Bay. It is located about three kilometers northeast of the Chita Thermal Power Station. ...

(Natural gas, 1,708 MW) *

Taketoyo Thermal Power Station is a large thermal power station operated by JERA in the city of Taketoyo, Aichi. Japan. The facility is located at the northern end of Chita Peninsula. History Plans to build a power station in Taketoyo were drawn up in the late 1950s by Chub ...

(coal and biomass, 1,070 MW) *

Owase Mita Thermal Power Station is a Cities of Japan, city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 16,910 in 9177 households and a population density of 88 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Owase is located in sout ...

(crude and heavy oil, 875 MW) *

Yokkaichi Thermal Power Station is a Cities of Japan, city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 310,259 in 142162 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Yokkaichi is located ...

(Natural Gas, 1,245 MW) *

Goreway Power Station Goreway Power Station is a natural gas power station owned by Capital Power Corporation, in Brampton, Ontario. The plant is used primarily during periods of peak demand. Gas is supplied by underground pipelines from the nearby Enbridge facility ...

(Natural Gas, 839.1 MW) in

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, and co-owned with

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Nuclear power stations

On 6 May 2011, Prime Minister

requested the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant be shut down as an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or higher is estimated 87% likely to hit the area within the next 30 years. Kan wanted to avoid a possible repeat of the

Fukushima I nuclear accidents The was a nuclear accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan. The proximate cause of the disaster was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which occurred on the afternoon of 11 March 2011 and ...

. On 9 May 2011, Chubu Electric decided to comply with the government request. In July 2011, a mayor in Shizuoka Prefecture and a group of residents filed a lawsuit seeking the decommissioning of the reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant permanently.

Other facilities

Higashi-Shimizu Frequency Converter is the third facility in Japan for interconnecting the power grid of eastern Japan, which operates at 50 hertz, and that of western Japan, which operates at 60 hertz. The Higashi-Shimizu Frequency Converter Station is operated by Chubu Electr ...

References

External links

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Chubu Electric Power Financial Report for Fiscal 2010
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