Kansai Electric Power Company
| Type | Public kabushiki gaisha |
|---|---|
| Traded as | TYO: 9503 OSE: 9503 NSE: 9503 |
| Industry | Electricity |
| Predecessor(s) | Kansai Haiden Nippon Hassoden KK |
| Founded | Osaka, Japan (May 1, 1951) |
| Headquarters | Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Area served | Kansai region (ex. Fukuura and Ako in Hyogo Prefecture), West of Mihama in Fukui Prefecture, Southern area of Mie Prefecture, part of the area of Sekigahara, Gufu Prefecture |
| Key people | Shosuke Mori (Chair) Makoto Yagi (President) |
| Products | Electrical power |
| Revenue |  ¥2,769,783 million (consolidated, FY 2010) |
| Operating income | ¥273,885 million (consolidated, FY 2010) |
| Net income |  ¥123,143 million (consolidated, FY 2010) |
| Total assets | ¥7,310,178 million (consolidated, FY 2010) |
| Total equity | ¥1,832,416 million (consolidated, FY 2010) |
| Owner(s) | Osaka City (9.37%) Nippon Life Insurance Company (4.80%) Japan Trantee Service Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) (3.81%) Kobe City (3.06%) |
| Employees | 32,418 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2011) |
| Subsidiaries | Kanden Energy Development Co., Inc. Kanden Energy Solution Co., Inc. Kansai Multimedia Service Company K-opticom Corporation Kanden System Solutions Co., Inc. Kinden Corporation Kanden-el-farm, Inc. |
| Website | www.kepco.co.jp |
| References: [1] | |
The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated (関西電力株式会社 Kansai Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha, KEPCO), also known as Kanden (関電), is an electric utility with its operational area of Kansai region, Japan (including the Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto megalopolis).
The Kansai region is Japan’s second-largest industrial area, and in normal times, its most nuclear-reliant. Before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a band of 11 nuclear reactors — north of the major cities Osaka and Kyoto — supplied almost 50 percent of the region’s power. But as of January 2012, only one of those reactors is still running.[2]
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[edit] Power Plants
Total 164 plants , 35,760,000 kW
[edit] Nuclear
| Name | Location | Generation Capacity (kw) |
|---|---|---|
| Mihama | Fukui | 1,666,000 |
| Ōi | Fukui | 4,710,000 |
| Takahama | Fukui | 3,392,000 |
[edit] Thermal
| Name | Generation Capacity (kw) |
|---|---|
| Akō | 1,200,000 |
| Aioi | 1,125,000 |
| Himeji-1 | 1,442,000 |
| Himeji-2 | 2,550,000 |
| Takasago | 900,000 |
| Nanko, Osaka | 1,800,000 |
| Maizuru | 900,000 |
| Gobo | 1,800,000 |
| Sakai | 2,000,000 |
| Tanagawa, Misaki | 1,200,000 |
| Kainan | 2,100,000 |
| Miyazu | 750,000 |
[edit] hydro
| Name | Generation Capacity (kw) |
|---|---|
| Kurobe-4 (Kurobe Dam) | 335,000 |
| Others (147 plants) | 818,000 |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
[edit] Mihama accident in 2004
On August 9, 2004, KEPCO reported that five of its employees were killed by a steam burst at the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture. The burst, according to KEPCO, was due to the neglect of mandated safety checks and there was no radiation leak.
[edit] 2006
On March 22, 2006, the AP reported that 2 employees were injured in a four hour fire. The fire apparently started in an area of the facility where ash is packed into steel barrels. Some of the waste processed in that area contains low levels of radiation, but monitors outside the facility have shown no signs of leakage. All four pressurized water reactors were operating normally at the time.
[edit] 2011
The Kansai region is Japan’s second-largest industrial area, and in normal times, its most nuclear-reliant. Before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a band of 11 nuclear reactors — north of the major cities Osaka and Kyoto — supplied almost 50 percent of the region’s power. But as of January 2012, only one of those reactors is still running. Meanwhile, power company employees are racing to reassure Japanese that plants are safe and necessary. In 2012, officials from Kansai Electric Power Co., "have gone door to door in towns that host its nuclear plants, conducting polls and answering questions".[3]
[edit] Promoting nuclear power
A member of the town assembly of Takahama, Fukui: Tomio Yamamoto received as president of the real estate company OHC Fukui, over 100 million yen for the rent of an unused factory over four years from 2006 to 2010 from a subsidiary of Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) The factory was used for storage, but the rent was unusualy high, almost double the market price. The money was apparently paid in return for promoting nuclear power. In September 2010 an opinion statement to reactivate the nuclear reactors was proposed by Akio Awano, the vice speaker of the town assembly. Yamamoto and two other town assembly members did sign the proposal before it was submitted to the assembly. [4]
[edit] Business-results
Over the business year 2011-2012, wich ends in March, Kansai Electric Power Co. was expected to suffer a loss of 250 billion yen or more, because of the growing fuel cost for thermal power generation. In the business year 2009 the net loss was 8.7 billion yen. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Annual Report 2011" (PDF). The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc.. April 27, 2011. http://www.kepco.co.jp/english/ir/annual/2011/pdf/ar2011e.pdf.
- ^ Chico Harlan (January 26, 2012). "After earthquake, Japan can’t agree on the future of nuclear power". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/after-earthquake-japan-cant-agree-on-the-future-of-nuclear-power/2012/01/22/gIQAJOfaRQ_story_1.html.
- ^ Chico Harlan (January 26, 2012). "After earthquake, Japan can’t agree on the future of nuclear power". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/after-earthquake-japan-cant-agree-on-the-future-of-nuclear-power/2012/01/22/gIQAJOfaRQ_story_1.html.
- ^ The Mainichi Shimbun (23 February 2012) Assembly member realtor's high rent for factory linked to promotion of nuclear power
- ^ The Mainichi Daily News (25 February 2012)Kansai Electric to incur more than 250 bil. yen group net loss
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