The , (FEPC), is an industry organization of electric utilities in
Japan
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. Its objective is to harmonize the plans for electric development in Japan. Its main offices are located in
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History
* November 1952: Founded by a group of 9 electric power companies (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tokyo, Chubu, Hokuriku, Kansai, Chukoku, Kyushu)
* March 2000: The
Okinawa Electric Power Company
, OEPC or for short, is an electric utility with its exclusive operational area of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the smallest by electricity sales among Japan’s ten regional power utilities, indeed, its electricity sales is approximately ...
joined.
See also
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Energy in Japan
Energy in Japan refers to energy and electricity production, consumption, import and export in Japan. The country's primary energy consumption was 477.6 Mtoe in 2011, a decrease of 5% over the previous year.
The country lacks significant do ...
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Nuclear power in Japan
Prior to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan had generated 30% of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40%. Nuclear power energy was a national strategic priority in Japan.
, of the 54 n ...
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Nuclear power companies of Japan
Electric power companies of Japan
Electric
Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by ...
Organizations based in Tokyo
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