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J-POWER | |
Company type | Public KK |
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) |
¥ 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.