J-Power

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Electric Power Development Company, Limited

Trade name	J-POWER
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 9513
Industry	Electrical Power
Founded	1952
Headquarters	Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Hitoshi Murayama (Chairman) Toshifumi Watanabe (President)
Revenue	¥ 706,835 million JPY (FY 2014)
Net income	¥ 28,694 million JPY (FY 2014)
Owner	Nippon Life (5.48%)
Number of employees	2,366 (As of March 31, 2015)
Website	www.jpower.co.jp

The Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (電源開発株式会社, Dengen Kaihatsu Kabushiki-gaisha), operating under the brand name J-POWER, formerly Denpatsu (電発), is an electric utility in Japan. It mainly produces electricity from coal and hydroelectric power stations. It also has a few wind farms and is currently building a nuclear plant in Ohma, Aomori prefecture, that is scheduled to begin operations in November 2014. J-Power is the sole operator of the transmission lines connecting the four main islands of Japan.