(, OSE: 9508, ) is a Japanese energy company that provides power to 7 prefectures ( Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Ōita,

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, Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima), and recently, to some parts of

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. Its shortened name of is sometimes used. In 2011 the company was criticised for attempting to manipulate public opinion in favor of reactivating two reactors at the

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Kyushu Electric Power was founded on 1 May 1951. The company began supplying electricity to

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in November 2005 - the first provider in Japan to supply energy outside its area.

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