Hokkaido Electric Power Company

Hokkaido Electric Power Company
Native name
北海道電力株式会社
Hokkaidō Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typePublic KK TYO: 9509
IndustryElectricity generation and transmission
FoundedMay 1, 1951; 73 years ago (1951-05-01) in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Headquarters2, Higashi 1-chome, Odori, Chuo-ku, ,
Number of locations
  • 56 Hydroelectric
  • 12 Thermal
  • 1 Nuclear
  • 1 Geothermal
  • 1 Photovoltaic
  • 373 Substations
(FY2017)
Area served
Hokkaido
Key people
Production output
Generated electrical power:
  • Decrease27,734 (GW⋅h) (2018)
  • Decrease29,808 (GW⋅h) (2017)
  • Decrease31,900 (GW⋅h) (2016)
Revenue
  • Increase JPN¥733,050 million (2018)
  • Decrease¥702,776 million (2017)
  • Increase¥724,111 million (2016)
  • Increase ¥33,726 million (2018)
  • Decrease¥27,443 million (2017)
  • Increase¥43,100 million (2016)
¥(64,207) million (Consolidated, loss) (FY2014)
Total assets
  • Increase ¥1,915,908 million (2018)
  • Increase¥1,829,539 million (2017)
  • Increase¥1,826,141 million (2016)
Number of employees
  • Decrease 10,962 (FY2018)
  • Steady10,985 (FY2017)
  • Decrease10,985 (FY2016)
Websitewww.hepco.co.jp/english/index.html
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

The Hokkaido Electric Power Company (Japanese: 北海道電力株式会社, Hokkaidō Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 9509), or Hokuden (ほくでん) for short, is the monopoly electric company of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is also known as Dōden and HEPCO. The company is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (first section), Osaka Securities Exchange (first section), and Sapporo Securities Exchange.

According to the company profile, during fiscal 2011 (i.e. 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011), 26% of the electricity generated was from nuclear, 31% from coal, 15% from hydro, 8% from oil and 2% from 'new energy' sources.[3]

Hokkaido only has one nuclear power station, the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fact Book 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ "Corporate profile page of Hokkaido Electric Power Company, accessed 10 September 2011". Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.